EXECUTIVE CHANGES: New Hiscox CFO; BB director quits after suspension

Tue, 21st Dec 2021 11:35

(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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Hiscox Ltd - Hamilton, Bermuda-based insurer - Appoints Paul Cooper as chief financial officer. Cooper has more than 25 years of financial services experience, Hiscox says. He is currently interim CFO at FTSE 100 asset manager M&G PLC and also CFO of Prudential Assurance Co. He rejoins Hiscox, having previously served as finance director for Hiscox UK and Europe from 2006 to 2011. Cooper's start date will be confirmed in due course, Hiscox says.

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Caledonia Mining Corp PLC - gold miner in Zimbabwe - Announces that Chief Executive Steve Curtis will retire on June 30 next year, after handing in his resignation. He will be succeeded as chief executive by Mark Learmonth, Caledonia's current CFO. Learmonth joined Caledonia in 2008, having spent over 17 years in corporate finance and investment banking, mostly in Africa. He has been Caledonia's CFO since November 2014, with the company describing him as being "experienced in the complexities and opportunities that arise from operating in Zimbabwe". Curtis will continue to serve as a director of Caledonia, transitioning from an executive to a non-executive role by the end of 2022. He will also act as a consultant to the company until the end of 2023.

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BB Healthcare Trust PLC - London-based investor in healthcare businesses - Justin Stebbing, one of its directors, has been suspended from medical practice by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service for a period of nine months. Following the decision, Stebbing informs the BB Healthcare board that he is resigning as a non-executive with immediate effect. No details of the incident which led to Stebbing's suspension from practising medicine are provided, although BB Healthcare said full details of the findings of the verdict, sanctions and written judgment will be available on the MPTS website.

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NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd - London-based renewable energy investor - Names Josephine Bush as non-executive director with effect from January 1, 2022. Bush was previously a senior partner at Ernst & Young for 14 years specialising in the renewable energy sector.

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PageGroup PLC - Surrey-based recruitment firm - Appoints Angela Seymour-Jackson as chair-designate with immediate effect. Seymour-Jackson will succeed David Lowden as chair when he retires from the board on April 30. She joined the company as a non-executive in 2017 having previously been chief executive of RAC. She has also held senior executive roles with Aegon UK and Aviva UK, part of Aviva PLC, and was senior advisor to Lloyds Banking Group PLC.

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By Will Paige; willpaige@alliancenews.com