EXECUTIVE CHANGES: IG taps US banker; Synthomer adds former BASF exec

Fri, 09th Jul 2021 15:50

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Thursday and Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

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IG Group Holdings PLC - London-based contracts-for-difference trading platform - Hires Susan Skerrit as non-executive director. Skerrit is a commercial banker who has worked for Royal Bank of Canada and Deutsche Bank AG in the US and also for Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co.

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Close Brothers Group PLC - London-based merchant bank - Hires Tesula Mohindra as independent non-executive director, starting on Thursday next week. Mohindra was a managing director at banks JPMorgan Chase & Co and UBS AG, specialising in corporate finance for financial institutions and pension fund risk management.

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McBride PLC - Hires Alastair Murray as non-executive director, starting August 2. Murray was chief financial officer of Premier Foods until August 2019 and also worked in finance at Dairy Crest PLC and Body Shop International PLC. On the McBride board, he replaces Neil Harrington, who steps down at the AGM in October.

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Synthomer PLC - Essex-based chemical company - Hires Roberto Gualdoni as non-executive director, effective immediately. Gualdoni replaces Just Jansz, who is stepping down at the end of August after nine years on the board. Gauldoni worked for 25 years at German chemical firm BASF SE, ending as president of its Styrenics business.

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Seplat Petroleum Development Co PLC - Nigerian oil producer - Hires Fabian Ajogwu and Bello Rabiu as independent non-executive directors, starting Friday. They replace Damian Dodo and Mark Malloch-Brown, who retire after serving on the board since 2014. Ajogwu is a professor of corporate governance at the Lagos Business School and assisted in the drafting of Nigeria's Code of Corporate Governance back in 2003. Rabiu retired from Nigerian National Petroleum Corp in 2019 after 28 years service.

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Henderson European Focus Trust PLC - Janus Henderson-managed income and capital growth trust focused on portfolio of listed stocks, mainly in Continental Europe - Hires Stephen Macklow-Smith as non-executive director, starting Friday. Provides no biographic information about Macklow-Smith. JPMorgan European Investment Trust PLC back in October said that Macklow-Smith was retiring from JP Morgan Asset Management and as the trust's portfolio manager at the end of 2020.

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Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC - healthcare sector investor - David Holbrook retires from board at end of annual general meeting on Thursday. Sarah Bates replaces him as senior independent director.

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JPMorgan European Investment Trust PLC - Alexander Lennard joins board as independent non-executive director following AGM on Thursday. Lennard is head of the Institutional Investment team at investment management firm Ruffer LLP.

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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com