(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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Tekmar Group PLC - provider of technology and services for offshore energy markets - Hires Derek Bulmer as new chief financial officer. Sue Hurst, the current CFO, steps down from the role on Tuesday but will remain on the board for a transition period. Bulmer was CFO and in-house counsel for AIM-listed radiation detection technology firm Kromek Group PLC from 2010 until last year. Prior to Kromek, he had worked at brick maker Ibstock PLC, among other employers. Tekmar also announced its annual results on Tuesday. For the 12 months ended March 31, it swung to pretax loss of GBP2.5 million from a profit of GBP2.0 million the year before, on revenue which declined 29% to GBP29.1 million from GBP40.9 million.
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Redx Pharma PLC - Macclesfield, England-based discovery of treatments for cancer and fibrotic disease - Chair Iain Ross steps down as a director immediately "to pursue other business opportunities". Redx makes Independent Non-Executive Director Peter Presland the interim chair as it starts search for new chair. "Iain has been the lynchpin in the turnaround of Redx, and we are very grateful for his innumerable contributions as chairman over the last four years," says Chief Executive Officer Lisa Anson. Ross says he remains "a supportive shareholder".
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Chamberlin PLC - West Midlands-based castings and engineering - New CEO Kevin Price and new Finance Director Alan Tomlinson join the board on Tuesday. Non-Executive Director Trevor Brown moves to executive director, responsible for company strategy, effective immediately, while David Flowerday resigns as non-executive director from Monday.
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Challenger Energy Group PLC - assets in Bahamas, Uruguay, Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname, previously known as Bahamas Petroleum Co PLC - Eytan Uliel formally takes up role as CEO. Simon Potter steps down as CEO but remains as non-executive director. Stephen Bizzell joins board as non-executive director, replacing Ross McDonald.
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Longboat Energy PLC - North Sea-focused exploration and production - Hires Nick Ingrassia as corporate development director. Ingrassia had joined Longboat back in September. Among other roles, he had worked at Faroe Petroleum PLC, whose former management team are behind Longboat Energy. Ingrassia's appointment comes alongside Longboat's announcement on Tuesday of three acquisitions to develop an exploration drilling programme on the Norwegian continental shelf. The acquisitions will be accompanied by a GBP35 million equity raise and are classified as a reverse takeover of Longboat under AIM rules.
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Trustpilot AS - Copenhagen-based online consumer reviews platform - Hires Joe Hurd as independent non-executive director. California-based Hurd is an independent public board director and adviser.
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India Capital Growth Fund Ltd - invests directly, or indirectly, in companies based in India - Hires Lynne Duquemin as non-executive director, effective immediately, as successor to Peter Niven, who will retire from the board at the end of 2021. Duquemin is a Guernsey resident with "deep experience of investment management and advisory services".
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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