UK EXECUTIVE CHANGE SUMMARY: Ferguson Taps Former Ashtead, Bunzl Execs

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

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Ferguson PLC - Wokingham, Berkshire-based plumbing and heating products - Hires Suzanne Wood and Brian May as non-executive directors, starting January 1. Wood has been chief financial officer of Vulcan Materials Co, a US producer of construction aggregates, since 2018. Prior to that she was CFO of equipment rental company Ashtead Group PLC. May was CFO of distribution and services firm Bunzl PLC for 14 years before retiring in late 2019. May is currently a non-executive director of water works United Utilities Group PLC and of medical technology company ConvaTec Group PLC

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easyJet PLC - Luton Airport-based budget airline - Independent Non-Executive Director Anastassia Lauterbach resigns from board, effective immediately, and so won't stand for re-election at easyJet's annual general meeting on Wednesday.

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC - Bromley, Kent-based motor insurer - Jane Hanson will step down as independent non-executive director at AGM in May, having served for over nine years. Adrian Joseph is hired as a new non-executive director, starting January 1. Joseph is managing director, Group AI & Data Solutions at BT Group PLC. Previously, he was a senior partner at accountants EY and also spent 10 years at Alphabet Inc's Google.

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Burford Capital Ltd - London-based law suit finance - Hires Andrea Muller as non-executive director. Muller was a European partner at law firm Shearman & Sterling. Most recently, she was global head of Institutional Business at Principal Global Investors. Muller will be Burford's first female board member.

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Distil PLC - London-based premium alcohol brands - Hires Roland Grain as non-executive director, replacing Mark Quinn, effective January 1. Grain is an owner and investor in the spirits industry, including being the owner of Potstill Spirits Trading GmbH, Austria's largest whisky importer and distributor. Distil additionally promotes Marking & Operations Director Kate O'Connell to the board, also from January 1. O'Connell joined Distil as marketing manager in 2011. The company plans to appoint an independent non-executive director and will start looking in the new year.

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Syncona Ltd - London-based life sciences investor - Hires Virginia Holmes as non-executive director, starting January 1. Holmes was chief executive of AXA Investment Managers UK, part of French insurer AXA SA, and prior to that was an executive at lender Barclays PLC for more than a decade.

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Amur Minerals Corp - nickel-copper sulphide mineral exploration and development in far east of Russia - CFO Paul McKay to leave company on December 31. Contracts with Heytesbury Corporate LLP to provide company secretarial and accounting services.

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Henderson International Income Trust PLC - seeks income from non-UK investments - Hires Joanne Parfrey as non-executive director, starting January 1. Parfrey is a chartered accountant who currently is a non-executive director of Octopus AIM VCT PLC, among other positions.

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Block Energy PLC - development and production in Georgia - Hires Dato Sandroshvili as independent non-executive director, effective immediately. Sandroshvili is CFO of New Age (African Global Energy) Ltd. Previously, he was director of Strategy, Commercial & Portfolio at former London listing Ophir Energy PLC.

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Kainos Group PLC - London-based IT provider with Digital Services and Workday Practice businesses - Hires Rosaleen Blair as non-executive director, starting January 1. Blair is founder & chair of Alexander Mann Solutions, which provides workforce solutions, and had served as its chief executive for 23 years.

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FBD Holdings PLC - Dublin-based property and casualty insurer - Confirms Tomas O'Midheach will join as CEO on January 4, replacing Interim CEO Paul D'Alton. FBD had announced O'Midheach's appointment back in July. He left Dublin-based lender AIB Group PLC after 14 years in November, ending as AIB's chief operating officer.

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River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap Investment Co Ltd - Hires Stephen Coe as non-executive director, starting January 1. Coe is a chartered accountant, specialising in offshore investment funds. He currently is a non-executive director of Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund Ltd and of Merian Chrysalis Investment Co Ltd, which changed its name on Monday to Chrysalis Investments Ltd.

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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com

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