EXECUTIVE CHANGES: All change for ImmuPharma board as CEO departs

Fri, 30th Jul 2021 15:34

(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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Berkeley Group Holdings PLC - Cobham, England-based housebuilder - Non-Executive Director Alison Nimmo will step down from board at September 3 annual general meeting, having served for 10 years. Nimmo joined the board of St Modwen Properties PLC back in February. She was chief executive of the Crown Estate from 2012 to 2019. The Crown Estate, which manages the Queen's property holdings, is the largest property owner in London's West End. She also held senior roles organising the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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ImmuPharma PLC - London-based developer of peptide-based therapeutics for autoimmune diseases - Chief Executive Officer Dimitri Dimitriou steps down immediately "in order to pursue a number of other external opportunities". Chair Tim McCarthy takes over as CEO. ImmuPharma will look for a non-executive chair, and McCarthy will remain chair until it finds one. At the same time, Senior Non-Executive Director Franco di Muzio and Non-Executive Director Stephane Mery also will step down. To replace them, ImmuPharma says it has found new non-executive directors "with direct experience in building a more diverse drug development business together with current public market experience". Sanjeev Pandya is hired as senior independent non-executive director. Pandya was CEO of AIM-listed Advanced Oncotherapy PLC and head of Europe Regulatory & Medical at Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC. Also hires Lisa Baderoon as non-executive director. Baderoon was a partner at financial public-relations firm Buchanan Communications and has been advising ImmuPharma since its AIM float in 2006. It is looking to hire one more non-executive director.

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Sylvania Platinum Ltd - South Africa-focused platinum group metals producer - Hires Adrian Reynolds as independent non-executive director, starting on Sunday. Reynolds has more than 40 years' experience in mining and minerals, Sylvania notes, and currently is a director of Resolute Mining Ltd and Mkango Resources Ltd, both London listings.

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FD Technologies PLC - Newry, County Down-based financial markets technology, formerly known as First Derivatives - Steve Fisher resigns as non-executive director and will step down at the end of January 2022. Fisher has been appointed to a full-time senior executive role at Salesforce.com Inc, where he previously had worked, FD Technologies explains. The search for a replacement non-executive director has begun.

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Record PLC - Windsor, Berkshire-based currency and derivatives manager - Hires Matt Hotson as independent non-executive director, starting Friday. Hotson has worked at Arrow Global Group PLC, RSA Insurance Group PLC, Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC, and Legal & General Group PLC over a 25-year career.

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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com