(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Shield Therapeutics PLC - pharmaceuticals - Tim Watts promoted to chief executive officer from chief financial officer, replacing the company's founder, Carl Sterritt. Shield said Sterritt, who formed the company in 2008, resigned "following discussions with major shareholders and with mutual agreement". Watts has been CFO since August 2018, previously having served in the same role at Oxford BioMedica PLC. Watts also worked at AstraZeneca PLC for 22 years.
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Bunzl PLC - distributor - Hires Vin Murria as non-executive director, starting June 1. Was founder & chief executive officer of Advanced Computer Software Group PLC. She is currently a non-executive director at Softcat PLC, DWF Group PLC and finnCap Group PLC.
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Mobile Streams PLC - data analytics platform - Peter Tomlinson resigns as director immediately, having been with the company for 20 years. Tomlinson stepped in as chair of Mobile Streams at the start of 2018, handing over to Nigel Burton late last year as the company raised equity following a vote by shareholders against delisting the company from AIM. Mobile Streams said Wednesday that Tomlinson "took over as chairman during a difficult time and supported the transition to a new management team".
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Metro Bank PLC - Gene Lockhart and Stuart Bernau step down as non-executive directors from May 18, replaced by Anne Grim, Ian Henderson, and Nicholas Winsor. Grim was chief customer officer for fund manager Fidelity International Ltd, and also worked for lenders Barclays PLC and Wells Fargo & Co. Henderson is CEO of Australian know-your-customer service provider Kyckr. Prior that he was chief operating officer for private banking businesses at Barclays Wealth and CEO of RBS International at Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC. Winsor was CEO of several HSBC Holdings PLC businesses. Metro Bank noted its board now will consist of eight independent non-executive directors and two executive directors.
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Centrica PLC - Carlos Pascual and Steve Pusey will step down as non-executive directors from the annual general meeting on May 22.
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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