(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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Iconic Labs PLC - London-based media company - Appoints Sarah Dees as chief executive with immediate effect. Dees has a "wealth of management and fundraising experience" across a variety of sectors including financial technology, banking, live events and natural resources. "I am delighted to have the opportunity to lead Iconic Labs through the next phase of its development following the recent board changes. I will be prioritising early dialogue with OTT Holdings, alongside existing shareholders and lenders," Dees says.
On Monday, Iconic Labs received termination notices for management service agreements with Greencastle Capital for TheLondonEconomic, with management service agreement for JOE Media and Lovin' Media also terminated. Iconic Labs noted that the agreements represented the most significant proportion of Iconic's revenue to date. The termination notices cited the resignation of Iconic's senior management team, with John Quinlan, Liam Harrington and Sam Asante all resigning due to the failure of European High Growth Opportunities Securitization Fund to accept a revised settlement offer as well as outstanding issues with OTT Holdings Ltd and Alpha Blue Ocean.
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Tiziana Life Sciences PLC - London-based therapeutics for oncology, inflammation and infectious diseases - Appoints Thomas Adams as an executive director. Adams will assume the position of head of Drug Development with immediate effect, and his executive role will be to manage and oversee the company's pre-clinical and clinical drug development programmes and associated intellectual property. He is currently a director at Hepion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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All Active Asset Capital Ltd - London-based firm seeking investment opportunities in the technology, software and artificial intelligence space - Intends to appoint Colin McQuade as a non-executive director. He is currently chief technology officer for BGL Group Ltd, a financial services business specialising in home and vehicle insurance, and prior to this was head of Change Technology at Barclays International.
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CPPGroup PLC - Leeds-based insurance and financial services company - Says Nick Cooper will be stepping down from the board and his position as a non-executive director at the end of the month to focus on his executive role as general counsel & company secretary of Johnson Matthey PLC.
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Prairie Mining Ltd - Poland-focused coal development firm - Notified that Todd Hannigan will resign as an alternate director to Tom Todd on Friday as he concentrates on other business and investment opportunities. Tom Todd will continue to serve as a non-executive director.
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Record PLC - specialist currency manager - Says Bob Noyen, chief investment officer of Record Currency Management Ltd, has decided to step down from the board of Record to focus more on his day-to-day role, though his responsibilities remain unchanged and he will continue to serve on the board of Record Currency Management.
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Sensyne Health PLC - Oxford, England-based clinical technology company - Appoints Hina Zaman as managing director of Healthcare Division and Martin Gouldstone as chief business officer of Life Sciences Division. Zaman joins Sensyne from Babylon Health, while Gouldstone joins from Syneos where he was global SVP Capital Solutions at Syneos One.
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Wishbone Gold PLC - precious metals trading and exploration company with assets in Australia - Hires David Hutchins as non-executive director effective Friday. He is currently chair of the FTSE Gold Mines Index Committee.
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Intertek Group PLC - London-based quality assurance provider - Hires Lynda Clarizio as a non-executive direct effective March 1. She served as president of US Media at Nielsen Holdings PLC and is currently a director of CDW Corp, Emerald Holding Inc, Adjust GmbH, OpenSlate and Resonate Networks Inc. Louise Makin will be stepping down from the board as a non-executive director on June 30 after serving for nine years.
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Digitalbox PLC - Bath, England-based digital media business that owns The Daily Mash and The Tab - Says Non-Executive Nigel Burton has resigned with immediate effect in order to pursue other opportunities.
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Gulf Marine Services PLC - Abu Dhabi-founded provider of self-propelled self-elevating support vessels for oil, gas and renewable energy industries - Says Hassan Heikal has agreed to take up the role of deputy chair, having joined the board in November 2020 as a non-executive director. Jyrki Koskelo is joining the group as an independent non-executive director, with immediate effect, bringing "extensive additional business advisory experience" to the board. Koskelo is currently a board member, and chair of the investment committee, of the Africa Agriculture & Trade Investment Fund
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By Lucy Heming;Â lucyheming@alliancenews.com
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