EUROTUNNEL'S chief financial officer Roger Burge has decided to leave his post for personal reasons.

Mr Burge joined Eurotunnel in 1992 and has held the post of chief financial officer since February 2002.

Hervé Huas, deputy chief executive, has assumed responsibility for the financial restructuring of the Eurotunnel group. Claude Liénard has becomes operational finance director and Michael Schuller remains group treasurer.