O’Brien succeeds Anthony Finlayson-Green who has left the business. The company says this comes as the culmination of the company’s four-year transformation.

It included streamlining the management structure and consolidating the company’s facilities, while re-positioning the business as a leader in the premier product logistics sector.

O’Brien joined Cert Octavian as finance director in February 2009 and prior to this appointment was chief operating officer. Before joining Cert Octavian he was finance for Sodexo facilities management.