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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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Dillistone Group PLC - Basingstoke, England-based software and services for recruiters under Ikiru People brand - Hires Joanne Curd as chief financial officer. Curd held senior roles at broadband provider Virgin Media for 10 years until 2018 and since has held interim roles. She will join Dillistone on August 31 and the board as CFO on October 31. Curd replaces Julie Pomeroy, who is retiring as finance director but will remain as a non-executive director until September of next year. Also departing is Chief Product Officer Alex James, stepping down as an executive director on September 30 and leaving the company on January 31.
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Origin Enterprises PLC - Dublin-based agri-services - Hires Aidan Connolly as independent non-executive director, starting on October 1. Hugh McCutcheon and Kate Allum will retire as non-executive directors at Origin's annual general meeting on November 25, having served for ten years and six years, respectively. Connolly is president of AgriTech Capital, a US-based strategy and investment firm for the agribusiness sector. He also is chief executive officer of Cainthus, an Irish 'agtech' start-up for monitoring farm management practices using artificial intelligence.
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Xtract Resources PLC - copper-gold projects in Australia, Mozambique and Zambia - Hires Kjeld Thygesen as independent non-executive director, starting immediately. Thygesen was a director of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, which discovered and developed the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia that was acquired by Rio Tinto PLC. He also was an executive director of NM Rothschild International Asset Management.
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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