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EXECUTIVE CHANGES: Next adds SEGRO CFO to board as non-exec director

Wed, 01st Sep 2021 14:07

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

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Next PLC - FTSE 100-listed clothing and homewares retailer - Says Soumen Das joining as an independent non-executive director. He is CFO of FTSE 100-listed property investor SEGRO PLC. "His appointment will strengthen the board's knowledge and experience of the UK property and capital markets after Francis Salway stepped down from our Board in May of this year," Next says.

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Clinigen Group PLC - Staffordshire-based pharmaceuticals and services provider - Says Elmar Schnee, non-executive director and chair designate, will become chair with immediate effect. Simultaneously, Peter Allen will step down as chair. In July Clinigen said Allen would not stand for re-election to board at AGM in November. "I am proud to have spent nine years as chairman of Clinigen. During that time the company has grown and developed into a global leader in providing global access to medicines, delivering significant value to patients, customers and shareholders," the outgoing chair says.

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Auto Trader Group PLC - online automotive marketplace - Hires Jasvinder Gakhal as an independent non-executive director. Jasvinder is managing director of Motor at Direct Line Group, prior to which she held a number of roles within Direct Line including most recently chief strategy officer and before that managing director of Direct Line for Business.

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SSP Group PLC - London-based operator of food outlets such as Upper Crust in travel locations - Says Jonathan Davies has been appointed as deputy chief executive officer, alongside his current role of chief financial officer, with immediate effect. "Following the recent announcement that Simon Smith will step down from his role as chief executive officer at the end of the year, the process to identify his successor is progressing well," says SSP.

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Dignity PLC - West Midlands, England-based funeral services - Appoints Graham Ferguson as an independent non-executive director for an initial six-month period. "During his career, Graham has worked on numerous corporate acquisitions and restructuring projects and has experience in business and acquisition finance," Dignity says.

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Sancus Lending Group Ltd - Guernsey-based alternative property finance - Says Patrick Firth has resigned as chair of the board and non-executive director of the company. Non-Executive Director Stephen Smith has replaced as chair with immediate effective.

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Stanley Gibbons Group PLC - retailer of collectable postage stamps - Says Chief Finance Officer Anthony Gee to step down from position on the board at the end of November. He will be moving to "more operationally focused role" within the group. "The board has commenced a formal process of appointing a replacement, and will update shareholders once an appointment has been made," it says.

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Standard Life Private Equity Trust PLC - investor in private equity funds focused on Europe - Appoints Dugald Agble and Yvonne Stillhart as independent non-executive directors with immediate effect. Agble is a supervisory board member at FMO, the Dutch finance institution. Stillhart is a currently director of EPE Capital Ltd and UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG.

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Metals Exploration PLC - mineral resource exploration and development company with assets in the Philippines - Hires Steven Smith as non-executive director. He has been appointed as the representative of MTL (Luxembourg) Sarl, and MTL's former representative, Andrew Stancliffe, has therefore stepped down from the board with immediate effect.

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Vela Technologies PLC - Bingley, England-based investment firm - Hires Emma Wilson as executive director. "In 2010 Emma established her own accounting practice, Bailey Wilson, which serves a variety of types and sizes of businesses, including clients listed on AIM and on the main market of the London Stock Exchange," Vela said. She will take principal responsibility for the company's finance and company secretarial functions, which have previously been contracted to Bailey Wilson but which will now be taken in-house.

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Nanosynth Group PLC - digital monitoring and safeguarding systems manufacturer formerly known as Remote Monitored Systems - Hires Mark Duffin as chief executive officer, effective immediately. He is currently CEO and founder of Angel Share Capital Ltd and prior to that, was CEO of ServicePower Technologies PLC. "With this appointment, and as previously envisaged, Antony Legge will revert to his previous role of non-executive chairman of the company. Dr Cave's move from a non-executive director to an executive director, taking the role of the group's Chief Scientific Officer, remains subject to contract and a further announcement will be made once finalised," company says.

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Danakali Ltd - Subiaco, Australia-based resource company - Says Robert Connochie retires from board as non-executive director. He was appointed in February 2017. "During his tenure he has brought his wisdom and extensive international industry experience to support the Company through the critical processes of securing the offtake, debt financing, ongoing project development and most recently with the successful capital raising for Colluli Sulphate of Potash Project," company says.

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UK Commercial Property REIT Ltd - FTSE 250-listed real estate investment trust - Has been informed by investment manager, Aberdeen Standard Fund Managers Ltd, that Will Fulton, UK Commercial Property's lead manager, will be taking a temporary break from his role for medical reasons. Kerri Hunter has been appointed as interim fund manager to the company. "Kerri has over 25 years' experience in the property market, 22 years of which is in fund management and includes working on both investment trusts and open ended funds," it notes.

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European Opportunities Trust PLC - managed by Devon Equity Management Ltd and invests in European companies offering capital growth - Hires Matthew Dobbs and Jeroen Huysinga as independent non-executive directors with immediate effect. Dobbs recently stepped down from full time investment responsibilities after a 39 year career at Schroders, while Huysinga managed funds at JP Morgan Asset Management for 23 years until his retirement in 2020. Huysinga holds 11,000 shares in the company.

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By Lucy Heming; lucyheming@alliancenews.com

Copyright 2021 Alliance News Limited. All Rights Reserved.

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