(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Frenkel Topping Group PLC - Manchester-based financial adviser and wealth manager - Chair Paul Richardson steps down from board, and Non-Executive Director Tim Linacre is named chair. Richardson joined Frenkel Topping in 2017 as executive chair and moved to non-executive chair in 2018. Linacre, the former chief executive of City broker Panmure Gordon, joined the Frenkel Topping board in 2018.
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Dods Group PLC - London-based media and events firm - Announces Chair David Hammond died on Wednesday. Non-Executive Director Mark Smith named as interim chair.
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Tremor International Ltd - Israeli-based advertising technologies firm - Tim Weller to step down as non-executive chair and from board on August 31, after six years in the role. Tremor noted Weller supported the company through its 2014 initial public offering on AIM, merger with RhythmOne PLC in 2019 and its acquisition of Unruly in January of this year.
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Legal & General Group PLC - London-based investment manager for pensions and life insurance - Ric Lewis hired as independent non-executive director, effective immediately. Lewis is founder and executive chair of Tristan Capital Partners, an investment manager specialising in real estate.
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Ceres Power Holdings PLC - Horsham, West Sussex-based solid oxide fuel cell developer - Appoints board representatives for two investors. Uwe Glock, chair of the board of management of Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH, will represent 18% shareholder Robert Bosch GmbH. Meanwhile, Qinggui Hao replaces Haoran Hu as the representative of Weichai Power Co Ltd, a 20% shareholder. Hao is investment director of Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co Ltd.
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RM PLC - Oxfordshire-based IT products for education - Hires Vicky Griffiths as non-executive director from July 1. Griffiths currently is a partner at executive search firm Independent Search Partnership and previously was with Brevan Howard Asset Management. She spent five years as a maths and economics teacher at primary and secondary school level.
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Equatorial Palm Oil PLC - AIM cash shell - Lee Oi Hian and Lee Guo Zhang resign as non-executive directors to reduce board size after becoming cash shell. Majority shareholder Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd still has two representatives, Yap Miow Kien and Patrick Kee Chuan Peng, who make up the board alongside Executive Chair Michael Frayne and Non-Executive Director Geoffrey Brown.
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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