Tag: board chairs
Elmar Schnee takes on chair role at pharma firm Clinigen
Schnee has held senior executive and board positions at a number of pharmaceutical companies, including Merck Serono, UCB and Sanofi.
Stephen Hester appointed as next chair of easyJet
Hester will join the airline’s board next month and take over from current chair John Barton on 1 December.
Adam Crozier appointed as chair of BT Group
The ex-CEO of ITV and Royal Mail will join the board in November and take over from current chair Jan du Plessis in December.
Naked Wines appoints Darryl Rawlings as its new chair
The US entrepreneur joined the board in April as chair-designate, and has now taken up the role previously held by Ian Harding.
Philip Hourquebie takes over chair role at Investec Group
Hourquebie succeeded Perry Crosthwaite as chair following the company’s annual general meeting last week.
Schroders appoints Dame Elizabeth Corley as its next chair
Corley will join the board in September and succeed Michael Dobson as chair after the company’s AGM in April 2022.
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.
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.
UK sees fall in number of shareholder votes against directors’ re-election
In H1 there have been 38 significant shareholder votes against individual directors, the lowest six-month total in four years.
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.