Xref announced the appointment of James Solomons to the newly created position of chief financial officer. He joins Xref from cloud-based accountancy software company Xero where he continues as head of accounting, and will spend two days a week at Xref and three days a week at Xero. The appointment is effective immediately. Mr. Solomons joined Xero in August 2014 whilst as a partner at EFS Strategic, where he provided advice to SMEs as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser. He is now a director and owner of Aptus Accounting and Advisory, which provides chartered accountancy services and advice related to expert use of Xero.