Jackpat23 Feb 2011 15:30
I'm sure you saw this news today
Ambrian Capital PLC
Directorate Change
RNS Number : 6840B
Ambrian Capital PLC
23 February 2011

Ambrian Capital plc
23 February 2011
Ambrian Capital plc ("Ambrian"), the natural resources investment bank, announces that Mr Tom Gaffney, the Chief Executive, has resigned from the Ambrian Group with immediate effect in order to fulfil family commitments.
Commenting on his resignation the Chairman, Mr Lawrence Banks, said:
"It is with regret that I report we have accepted Tom's decision to leave and to resign as the Chief Executive of Ambrian. We are grateful for his significant contribution to the Ambrian Group over the years and we wish him every success for the future."
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and this was from a week or two back
City Spy: Monk v Gaffney as brokers tussle
17 Feb 2011
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No love lost in the world of stockbroking between Andrew Monk and Tom Gaffney, it seems.
Monk, formerly of Oriel and Blue Oar, runs a broking outfit called VSA Capital which is keen to buy rival broking house Ambrian, run by Gaffney. But Gaffney claims he has received no offer or approach from Monk. For his part, Monk claims Gaffney refuses to take his calls but after reports of his interest emerged elsewhere in these pages this week, he made his interest known through a Stock Exchange announcement. The key to it all will be Ambrian shareholders Rick Rule - the San Diego-based investor - and Julian McIntyre's MWB Capital. Watch this space.
* Gaffney and Monk have previous. City Spy hears Gaffney despatched one of his top brass, Malcolm Freeman, to find a buyer for Ambrian's London Metals Exchange futures and options brokerage business. When Monk expressed an interest, Freeman told Gaffney who apparently exploded with words to the effect of "I'm not selling anything to that man!" The division is now being shut down instead.