The Association of Corporate Service Providers has announced that Mark Denton, managing director at SMP Partners, has been co-opted on to the ACSP board and appointed its new chairman, confirmation of which will be sought at the association’s October AGM.

As chairman Mr Denton will succeed Phillip Dearden, managing director of PFK (Isle of Man) LLC, who has held the post for more than five years.

Mr Denton, who has 25 years’ industry experience says he's pleased to be joining the board and relishing the challenge to build on their achievements.

He's also thanked Phillip Dearden for his excellent term as chairman during which the association has gone from strength to strength.

Mr Dearden says that as an accomplished CSP professional Mr Denton is ideally equipped to develop the ACSP’s constructive consultative approach, introduce innovation and lead the association in its continuing efforts to help secure the island’s future economic stability.