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(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Babcock International Group PLC - London-based defence contractor - Franco Martinelli to retire as finance director after 18 years with Babcock. Will remain in post until a successor is in place.
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DWF Group PLC - London-based legal business - Hires Jonathan Bloomer as new chair from Saturday. Interim Chair Chris Sullivan to be deputy chair and continue as senior independent director. Bloomer was CEO of Prudential Group PLC from 2000 to 2005 and then European partner at Cerberus Capital until 2012. He is currently chair of Morgan Stanley International and Arrow Global Group PLC.
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Orchard Funding Group PLC- Luton-based insurance premium finance - Independent Non-Executive Director Steven Hicks promoted to chair from October 7, replacing Mark Sismey-Durrant.
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SSP Group PLC - London-based travel food and beverage outlets operator - Hires Judy Vezmar as an independent non-executive director from Saturday. Vezmar was CEO of LexisNexis International, part of RELX PLC, until 2014. She is a non-executive director of Ascential PLC.
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Wincanton PLC - Chippenham, Wiltshire-based logistics - Hires Costain Group PLC Chief Financial Officer Anthony Bickerstaff as non-executive director, from September 1. Paul Dean will step down as non-executive director from the end of February 2021.
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Time Out Group PLC - London-based publishing and food markets - Adam Silver steps down from the board on Friday "for personal reasons". Says has begun process to find a successor.
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Redrow PLC - Deeside-based housebuilder - Vanda Murray to retire as non-executive director from November 6 annual general meeting.
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Calisen PLC - Manchester-headquartered smart energy meters - Oleg Shamovsky and Jim Macdonald, both non-independent non-executive directors, to retire from Saturday. Alberto Signori replaces Shamovsky as one of the board representatives of 73% shareholder KKR Evergreen Aggregator LP. He is managing director in KKR's Infrastructure team in London. Lisa Harrington, "a tech executive and diversity advocate", joins board as an independent non-executive director.
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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