Board Moves

1. Board moves, 2 August, 2021

   FirstGroup chair David Martin to take on temporary executive role

   Martin will become interim executive chair from September until a successor to CEO Matthew Gregory is appointed.

2. Board moves, 29 July, 2021

   Kathryn Mikells joins ExxonMobil as chief financial officer

   Mikells, a former CFO at Diageo, Xerox, ADT, Nalco and United Airlines, will take over from Andrew Swiger next month.

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   Board moves, 23 July, 2021

   Paul Lewis takes over as firmwide managing partner at Linklaters

   Lewis, a former head of Linklaters’ finance division and co-head of the firm’s innovation group, will chair the executive committee.

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   Board moves, 21 July, 2021

   Watkin Jones appoints new chair and chief financial officer

   Alan Giddens will take over as chair in October, when Sarah Sergeant will join the board to begin a handover period as CFO-designate.

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   Board moves, 19 July, 2021

   Barbara Staehelin appointed as senior independent director at ReNeuron

   Staehelin has led and co-founded four life science companies over a 30-year career in the international life sciences and technology sectors.

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   Board moves, 15 July, 2021

   Aston Martin accelerates board diversity with new NEDs

   Amedeo Felisa, Dame Natalie Massenet and Marigay McKee bring “extensive expertise and experience of automotive and luxury”.

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   Board moves, 13 July, 2021

   Tony Wood and Martha Wyrsch join National Grid as non-execs

   Chair Paula Rosput Reynolds says the appointments "bring new depths of UK and US business and regulatory experience to the board".

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   Board moves, 8 July, 2021

   David Wells appointed as next chair of the board at Wise

   Ex-Netflix CFO Wells will replace the money transfer company’s co-founder Taavet Hinrikus within the next year.

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   Board moves, 6 July, 2021

   Kalidas Madhavpeddi named as new Glencore chair

   Madhavpeddi is a former CEO of China Molybdenum International and will replace current chair Tony Hayward at the end of this month.

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   Board moves, 6 July, 2021

   Andy Jassy becomes CEO of Amazon as Jeff Bezos moves to chair role

   Jassy, who Bezos describes as “an outstanding leader”, is a longstanding Amazon executive and former CEO of Amazon Web Services.

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   Board moves, 5 July, 2021

   Gymshark founder Ben Francis takes back CEO role

   Current chief executive Steve Hewitt says it is "time to hand the reins back" so Francis can "take Gymshark to the next level".

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    Board moves, 5 July, 2021

    Matthew Ashley joins Micro Focus as chief financial officer

    Ashley was previously chief financial officer of William Hill and has held senior positions at National Express Group, including group CFO.

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