Queen takes over reins of Seardel

Stuart Queen has taken over the reins as group chief executive officer of Seardel Investment Corporation from Walter Simeoni who has retired.

4 Dec 2009

Simeoni was the chief executive of the Frame Textile Group (an operating division of Seardel) for 18 years, and is an internationally regarded textile expert.

He served as executive director of Seardel for eight years and was appointed group chief executive officer in June 2008.

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