(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Prudential PLC - London-based insurer and asset manager - Fields Wicker-Miurin will retire as non-executive director from January 1, having served on the board since 2018.
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Man Group PLC - London-based hedge fund manager - Dev Sanyal will retire as non-executive director at the May 6 annual general meeting, having served on the board since 2013. Sanyal will join the board of investment manager M&G PLC as a non-executive director on May 16. M&G notes that Sanyal, an BP PLC executive who has been with the oil major for 32 years, will become chief executive officer of Varo Energy Group AG on January 1.
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Go-Ahead Group PLC - Newcastle upon Tyne-based bus and train operator - Hires Dominic Lavelle as independent non-executive director, starting January 1. Lavelle was chief financial officer of language services firm SDL PLC. He currently is non-executive director of convenience store chain McColl's Retail Group PLC, support services firm FIH Group PLC, and Fulcrum Utility Services Ltd. Go-Ahead says appointment is part of succession planning related to Adrian Ewer, who reaches nine years on the board in the spring.
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Gamma Communications PLC - London-based cloud services provider - Hires Bill Castell as CFO and executive director, joining in May. Castell currently is CFO of gas and electricity supplier Ovo Energy. Prior to Ovo, he was with Virgin Media and lender Barclays PLC. Castell replaces Andrew Belshaw, who moves up to deputy chief executive. Both will report to CEO Andrew Taylor.
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C4X Discovery Holdings PLC - Manchester-based developer of drug discovery engine - Hires Mario Polywka as non-executive director, starting immediately. Polywka replaces Harry Finch, who will step down from the board at the company's AGM in January. Polywka was chief operating officer of German drug discovery firm Evotec SE for 12 years.
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DP Poland PLC - franchise holder in Poland for Domino's Pizza - Hires Jeremy Dibb as non-executive director, starting January 1. Dibb was an equity research analyst at Macquarie Capital Partners and Canaccord Genuity. DP Poland also says Robert Morrish will step down as a non-executive director on March 1 after 11 years in post.
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t42 IoT Tracking Solutions PLC - Israel-based wireless, internet-of-things solutions for remote tracking, monitoring and protection of assets, formerly known as Starcom - Avi Engel will step down as non-executive director on December 31, having served since 2015. t42 plans to appoint a new non-executive director.
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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