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Chairman-elect Tim Ingram has acquired 250,000 shares in broker Collins Stewart. Ingram has been a non-exec on the broker's board for 10 weeks and the share purchase at 77.69p a share represents an investment of £194,225. The purchase takes his stake to 285,000 shares. Ingram takes over as chairman from Terry Smith on 1 April. Ingram has been chief executive of Caledonia Investments since 2002 and prior to that worked at Abbey National and First National Finance Corporation. The shares were acquired the day after Collins Stewart released its 2009 figures and announced the purchase of Corazon Capital Group for an initial £1m in shares. There is potential deferred consideration of up to £6m in shares. Corazon managed £382m of assets in Guernsey and Geneva at the end of February 2010. This will enhance the wealth management division of Collins Stewart. Collins Stewart returned to profit in 2009 despite tough markets after progress at all of its units. Pre-tax profit came in at £18.4m compared to a pre-tax loss of £15.2m the year before. Revenue increased to £186.4m for the year ended 31 December 2009 from £175.7m previously.Top Director BuysCollins Stewart (CLST) Director name: Mr Tim IngramAmount purchased: 250,000 @ 77.69p Value: £194,225Unilever (ULVR) Director name: Mr Paul PolmanAmount purchased: 9,484 @ 1,944.00p Value: £184,369Shaftesbury (SHB) Director name: Mr P John ManserAmount purchased: 16,667 @ 375.24p Value: £62,541Unilever (ULVR) Director name: Professor Genevieve BergerAmount purchased: 2,546 @ 1,944.00p Value: £49,494Brunner Inv Trust (BUT) Director name: Mr Ian Barlow Amount purchased: 9,000 @ 402.00p Value: £36,180Centaur Media (CAU) Director name: Mr Robert Boyle Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 51.00p Value: £20,400Wolseley (WOS) Director name: Mr Ian MeakinsAmount purchased: 1,098 @ 1,576.00p Value: £17,304Top Director SellsPetrofac Ltd (PFC) Director name: Mr Ayman AsfariAmount sold: 95,671 @ 1,200.93p Value: £1,148,942Serco Group (SRP) Director name: Mr Kevin S BeestonAmount sold: 120,798 @ 590.59p Value: £713,421Petrofac Ltd (PFC) Director name: Ms Keith RobertsAmount sold: 58,465 @ 1,200.93p Value: £702,124Petrofac Ltd (PFC) Director name: Mr Amjad BseisuAmount sold: 55,807 @ 1,200.93p Value: £670,203BP (BP.) Director name: Mr Byron E GroteAmount sold: 58,536 @ 638.64p Value: £373,834Petrofac Ltd (PFC) Director name: Mr Maroun SemaanAmount sold: 45,204 @ 1,200.93p Value: £542,868Western Coal Corp. (WTN) Director name: Mr John R BrodieAmount sold: 90,000 @ 329.72p Value: £296,748BP (BP.) Director name: Mr Byron E GroteAmount sold: 17,064 @ 638.43p Value: £108,942Torotrak (TRK) Director name: Mr Jeremy DeeringAmount sold: 141,672 @ 26.00p Value: £36,835Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) Director name: Ms Tracey TaylorAmount sold: 3,450 @ 345.13p Value: £11,907