EXECUTIVE CHANGES: Ten Entertainment, Emmerson chairs step down

Thu, 25th Mar 2021 15:57

(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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Ten Entertainment Group PLC - Cranfield, England-based tenpin bowling operator - Nick Basing will step down as chair in September, after 6 years in the role and 12 with the company and its predecessor Essenden. Company has started the process of finding a replacement.

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Emmerson PLC - Khemisset potash project in northern Morocco - Mark Connelly retires as non-executive chair at general meeting, during which shareholders also approved Emmerson's move to AIM from the London Main Market, effective from Friday. Non-Executive Director James Kelly is promoted to independent non-executive chair.

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Ceres Power Holdings PLC - Horsham, West Sussex-based solid oxide fuel cell developer - Hires Tudor Brown as independent non-executive director, starting Thursday next week. Brown was among the founders of computer chip designer ARM Holdings PLC and served ARM as chief technology officer and chief operating officer. He is on the board of Hong Kong-listed personal computer and smart phone maker Lenovo Group Ltd.

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Atalaya Mining PLC - copper and silver mining in Spain - Jose Sierra will retire as an independent non-executive director on Wednesday next week, having served on the Atalaya board since 2011.

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Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC - London-based business media and events - Lorna Tilbian steps down as non-executive director, effective immediately, "to spend more time focusing on her other business interests".

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Biome Technologies PLC - Southampton, Hampshire-based biodegradable plastics and radio frequency systems - Hires Simon Herrick as non-executive director, joining immediately. Herrick is a non-executive director of London listings Ramsdens Holdings PLC and FireAngel Safety Technology Group PLC. As an executive, Herrick was chief financial officer for a number of companies, including department store chain Debenhams and Blancco Technology Group PLC. He will replace Michael Kayser as chair of the audit and remuneration committees when Kayser retires from the board at the Biome's annual general meeting on April 21.

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Avacta Group PLC - Wetherby, England-based developer of cancer immunotherapies - Mike Owen steps down as non-executive director, effective immediately, but remains chair of Avacta's scientific advisory board.

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Arrow Global Group PLC - European investor and alternative asset manager of loan portfolios - Appoints Davide Stecchi as managing director of Underwriting to lead the Arrow Capital Management underwriting team. Prior to joining Arrow, Stecchi spent 7 years at Hudson Advisors.

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Tirupati Graphite PLC - London-based graphite producer with operations in Madagascar and India - Strengthens its team across its three business units to support its growth. Appoints Biswal as head of the Tirupati Graphene & Mintech Research Centre. Names Sathpathy as an advisor to the company, specially focussed on application of graphene in aluminium manufacturing smelters and graphene aluminium composites development. Appoints Dash, who is also focused on graphene engineering science, to board.

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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com