(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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GlaxoSmithKline PLC - Brentford, Middlesex-based pharmaceutical firm - Hires Anne Beal as non-executive director, starting May 6. Beal will replace Lynn Elsenhans as chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee, and Elsenhans will stay on the board for an additional year to allow for a handover. Beal is founder and chief executive officer of AbsoluteJOI Skincare. She spent six years at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, instructing in paediatrics.
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Assura PLC - Warrington, England-based primary care property investor - Jenefer Greenwood will retire as non-executive director at Assura's July 6 annual general meeting. Hires Emma Cariaga, Noel Gordon and Sam Barrell as new non-executive directors, starting on May 1. Cariaga is joint head of Canada Water Development on the executive committee of British Land Co PLC. Gordon was global managing director at consultants Accenture. For the UK National Health Service, he was chair of NHS Digital and a non-executive director of NHS England. Barrell is chief operating officer of the Crick Institute, which supports biomedical research.
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Rosslyn Data Technologies PLC - London-based cloud enterprise data analytics platform - Chief Executive Officer Roger Bullen steps down from board, effective immediately, but will remain as an adviser for six months. Bullen served for five years as CEO and chief financial officer. Chief Customer Officer Paul Watts is promoted to CEO. Watts joined Rosslyn back in August and before that was CEO of Blue Prism KK Japan, a robotic process automation company. Both Chair James Appleby and CFO Ash Mehta will take on additional responsibilities. Rosslyn also says it expects its results for the financial year ending April 30 to be in line with market expectations. It will issue a trading update in late May.
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Celtic PLC - Glasgow football club - Confirms that Dominic McKay will join Celtic on April 19 before replacing retiring Peter Lawwell as chief executive on July 1. Scottish Rugby confirmed that McKay will leave as chief operating officer on April 16, following a successful handover. McKay, who also was chair of the Guinness Pro14 annual rugby union competition, will join the Celtic board.
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Amryt Pharma PLC - London-based biopharmaceutical firm focused on rare and orphan diseases - Hires Sheila Frame as president for the Americas. Frame has held senior positions at Novartis AG, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and AstraZeneca PLC.
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MyHealthChecked PLC - Cardiff-based consumer home-testing healthcare - Peter Dines steps down as non-executive director on Tuesday. Dines is chief operating officer of Mercia Asset Management PLC, whose funds have a 28% stake in MyHealthChecked. He is standing down to focus on other portfolio companies.
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Northamber PLC - Chessington, Surrey-based audio-visual and information technology distributor - Promotes Finance Director Tony Lee to board and hires Riccardo Reggio as a non-executive director, both from last Thursday. Lee re-joined Northamber in August of last year, having previously been finance director from 2003 to 2005. Reggio is a corporate strategy and acquisitions adviser who worked at Monitor Group for 15 years.
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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