2nd Oct 2024 13:35
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced recently and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Northamber PLC - Chessington, Surrey-based audio-visual and IT distributor - Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Keefe leaves the company immediately on Monday "in order to pursue other business interests". Executive Chair Alex Phillips takes over chief executive responsibilities.
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RWS Holdings PLC - Buckinghamshire, England-based technology-enabled language services provider - Confirms CEO Ian El-Mokadem will leave on January 31 next year, his planned departure having been announced back in May. RWS says it is "well advanced" with the search for a new CEO and expects to make an announcement in the "coming weeks".
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Central Asia Metals PLC - London-based owner of Kounrad SX-EW copper project in central Kazakhstan and Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia - Nigel Robinson departs as CEO on Tuesday after six years in post, replaced by CFO Gavin Ferrar, who in turn is replaced as CFO by Louise Wrathall, a board member since May 2022. Robinson will remain on the board as an executive, and then non-executive, director. Central Asia Metals reported last month that pretax profit rose to USD36.6 million in the first half of 2024 from USD32.9 million a year before, as net revenue improved to USD97.5 million from USD93.6 million. It kept its interim dividend unchanged at 9 pence per share.
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Kistos Holdings PLC - London-based buyer and manager of companies in energy sector - Hires James Thomson to be deputy chief financial officer, starting immediately and taking over as CFO from Richard Slape on January 1. Thomson, an accountant, was a senior finance executive at miner Anglo American PLC, having been finance director at former London listing RockRose Energy PLC.
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Hansard Global PLC - Isle of Man-based long-term savings provider - Moves Ollie Byrne to CFO from commercial director from Tuesday, replacing Thomas Morfett, who moves up to CEO. Byrne joined Hansard in 1997.
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Stelrad Group PLC - Newcastle upon Tyne, England-based specialist radiator manufacturer - Makes Interim CFO Leigh Wilcox its permanent CFO. Wilcox has been interim CFO since July, having joined Stelrad in 2012.
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Oxford Metrics PLC - Oxfordshire, England-based smart sensing and software for life sciences, entertainment and engineering markets - Former CFO David Deacon steps down from the board on Friday last week, having been replaced as CFO by Zoe Fox. Oxford Metrics late last month warned that revenue for the financial year that ended on Monday will be in the range of GBP40 million to GBP42 million, compared to market consensus of GBP48.6 million, resulting in adjusted pretax profit "materially below current market expectations" of GBP7.8 million. In financial 2023, the company recorded adjusted pretax profit of GBP6.5 million on revenue of GBP44.2 million. Oxford Metrics will announce its financial 2024 results on December 3.
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Dar Global PLC - London-based luxury real estate developer - Chair David Hunter will step down from the board on Thursday, having led Dar Global through its London listing in February last year. Hunter will continue as an adviser to Dar Global parent Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co PJSC. His replacement as Dar Global chair will be announced "shortly".
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Surface Transforms PLC - Liverpool-based producer of carbon‐ceramic automotive brake discs - Hires Andrew Kitchingman as non-executive chair, with immediate effect from its announcement in mid-September. Kitchingman, who replaces David Bundred, is chair of Mpac Group PLC and senior independent non-executive director of London Security PLC and Andrews Sykes Group PLC.
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Real Estate Credit Investments Ltd - invests in real estate debt secured by commercial or residential properties in Western Europe, focusing primarily on the UK, France and Spain - Promotes Andreas Tautscher to chair, starting on November 1 and replacing Bob Cowdell, who has been in post for nine years. Tautscher, a former senior banker at Deutsche Bank AG, had joined the Real Estate Credit Investments board in May. The company also announces a further share buyback programme worth up to GBP10.0 million and running until March next year. The company has bought back GBP9.1 million in shares since August of last year.
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Aptitude Software Group PLC - London-based autonomous finance software solutions - Non-Executive Chair Ivan Martin will step down from the board at the 2026 annual general meeting, having served on the board since 2016. Senior Independent Director Barbara Moorhouse will leave the board at the 2025 AGM. Aptitude says it will recruit a new senior independent director, with the aim that this person later will replace Martin as chair.
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Cirata PLC - Jersey-based software solutions provider - Senior Independent Director Peter Lees to leave at the end of December. Hires Amanda Jobbins and Eric Collins as non-executive directors, starting immediately, but doesn't say who will replace Lees as senior director. Jobbins is chief marketing officer for Vodafone Business, part of Vodafone Group PLC. Collins is co-founder of venture capital firm Impact X Capital Partners. Cirata also says Health Care Service Corp has renewed its existing contract for Cirata's Fusion product for 12 months. The contract is worth USD983,010.
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Diaceutics PLC - Belfast-based technology and solutions provider to the pharmaceutical and biotech industry - Promotes Non-Executive Director Graham Paterson to senior independent director, starting on Tuesday. As previously announced, Peter Keeling succeeds Deborah Davis as non-executive chair, also on Tuesday.
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By Tom Waite, Alliance News editor
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