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(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Keywords Studios PLC - London-based video game industry services provider - Chief Executive Officer Andrew Day steps down with immediate effect following leave of absence since mid-March. Chief Financial Officer Jon Hauck and Chief Operating Officer Sonia Sedler will continue as joint interim CEOs, while the search process to find a successor is underway. Day has been in his role for 12 years since 2009.
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Norman Broadbent PLC - London-based recruitment and professional services firm - Appoints Peter Searle as executive chair with effect at the annual general meeting on June 25. Non-Executive Chair Alan Howarth will step down from his role at the same date, and remain as non-executive director until August. Searle was most recently executive chair at London-based recruiter Airswift for three years since 2018, and CEO from 2016 to 2018.
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Frontier IP Group PLC - London-based commercialisation of intellectual property - Notes that portfolio firm and Plymouth-based software company PlusiV has appoints Adam Westcott as chief financial officer. He will be joining from AMTE Power PLC, a developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells, which he was CFO for three years since 2018.
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APQ Global Ltd - Guernsey-based emerging markets investor - Non-Executive Director Philip Soulsby has been appointed as finance director, replacing Wesley Davis after two years since 2019. In addition, company has appointed Al Wahhah Al Adawi as non-executive director with immediate effect.
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Belluscura PLC - medical device developer registered in London but with operating base in Plano, Texas - Appoints Keith Cook as vice president of Operations, and will lead the manufacturing team in preparing for the launch of the X-PLO2R portable oxygen concentrator in the third quarter of 2021. Will be joining from oxygen concentrator provider Inogen, where he was site & operations director for five years since 2016.
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Medica Group PLC - teleradiology services provider based in Hastings, East Sussex - Appoints Barbara Moorhouse as non-executive director with effect on July 1. Most recent executive role was as chief operating officer at Westminster City Council for four years from 2009 and 2013.
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Distil PLC - London-based owner of premium drinks brands - Appoints Michael Keiller as non-executive director with effect on July 1. Most recent executive role was as chief executive officer at Scottish whisky producer Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd for 14 years from 2000 to 2014.
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MaxCyte Inc - platform technologies provider for cell engineering - Appoints Rekha Hemrajani and Yasir Al-Wakeel as non-executive directors with immediate effect. Hemrajani is currently CEO at Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition vehicle Jiya Acquisition Corp. Meanwhile, Al-Wakeel is chief financial officer at San Mateo, California-based biotechnology firm Kronos Bio for a year since 2020.
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By Dayo Laniyan; dayolaniyan@alliancenews.com
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