(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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Marwyn Acquisition Co I Ltd - seeking mid-cap acquisition opportunities in the software sector - Hires Vin Murria as chair, effective immediately. Murria was chief executive officer of Marwyn portfolio firm Advanced Computer Software Group PLC from 2008 until it was sold to Vista Equity Partners in 2015. In view of Murria's software, technology and support services experience, Marwyn Acquisition narrows its focus to the software sector, expecting to make a platform acquisition with a value in excess of GBP100 million. "We are delighted to be working with Vin again and look forward to her leading one of Marwyn's recently launched acquisition companies in pursuing mid-cap opportunities in the software sector," says Mark Brangstrup Watts, a director of Marwyn Asset Management Ltd, which is the manager of Marwyn Value Investors Ltd.
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Entain PLC - sports-betting and gaming group formerly known as GVC Holdings - Chief Governance Officer Robert Hoskin joins board from Friday. Meanwhile, Jane Anscombe steps down as non-executive director from Thursday, having served just over three years.
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Glencore PLC - Baar, Switzerland-based miner and commodities trader - Leonhard Fischer retires from board, effective immediately, having served since Glencore's initial public offering in 2011.
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Close Brothers Group PLC - Hires Mark Pain as an independent non-executive director, effective on Friday. Pain will be senior independent director and also will be a director of banking subsidiary Close Brothers Ltd. Pain was finance director at UK housebuilder Barratt Developments PLC. He currently is chair of Empiric Student Property PLC.
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Hansard Global PLC - Hires David Peach as independent non-executive director, effective Thursday. Peach is an accountant, working at Zurich Insurance AG and prior to that KPMG.
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Goldplat PLC - Africa-focused gold producer - Ian Visagie ceases to be company director after resolution for re-election at Thursday's annual general meeting fails to pass. Visagie had been Goldplat's finance director until 2017, when he became an executive director.
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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GoldPlat (GDP)
Empiric (ESP)
Close Bros (CBG)
Barratt Developments (BDEV)
Marwyn Val. (MVI)
Hansard (HSD)
Glencore (GLEN)
Entain (ENT)