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Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC
22 August 2023
22 August 2023
Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC
Appointment of three new independent non-executive directors
The Board of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC ("the Company") is
pleased to announce the appointment of three new independent
non-executive directors, Jayne Almond, Angela Knight and Lord
Sassoon, with effect from 1 September 2023. Jayne Almond and Lord
Sassoon will also join Angela Knight on the board of Arbuthnot
Latham & Co., Limited, the Company's banking subsidiary, as
independent non-executive directors from that date.
Sir Henry Angest, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Company
commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Jayne Almond, Angela Knight and Lord
Sassoon to the Board of the Company. Each has a wealth of
experience in financial services which will be of great value as
the business continues to grow over the coming years."
Jayne Doreen Almond, also known as Jayne Hale (married name),
aged 65, is a highly experienced professional in the banking,
mortgages and financial services arenas, with past and present
appointments as Chairman, Chief Executive and NED in a wide range
of organisations. She is currently Chairman of Kensington
Mortgages, a subsidiary of Barclays Bank UK plc and of Bluestep
Bank AB. She is or has been a director of the following companies
or partner in the following partnerships in the last five
years:
Current directorships:
Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
Bluestep Bank AB
Quinta Properties Limited
Aldeburgh Golf Club Ltd
Barts Square Freehold Owners Limited
Redemption Roasters C.I.C.
Past directorships:
Butterfield Mortgages Limited
Butterfield Holdings (UK) Limited
Leopold Joseph Holdings Limited
KHL Mortgage Services Limited
The Northview Group Limited
GH Vive Limited
Angela Ann Knight (formerly Cook) CBE, aged 72, has a wealth of
commercial and financial experience from her time in government as
a Treasury Minister, as Chief Executive of the British Bankers'
Association (now UK Finance) and of Energy UK and as a
non-executive director of a range of listed companies over many
years. She is currently a Non-Executive Independent Member of the
Board of the Astana Financial Services Authority, an independent
regulator in Kazakhstan and was the former Chair of the Office of
Tax Simplification. She is or has been a director of the following
companies or partner in the following partnerships in the last five
years:
Current directorships:
Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited
Vanquis Banking Group plc
Encore Capital Group, Inc (US corporation)
Pool Reinsurance Company Limited
Vanquis Bank Ltd
Past directorships:
Tillman Brewin Dolphin Limited, an Irish subsidiary of Brewin
Dolphin plc
TP ICAP PLC
Taylor Wimpey PLC
Froggatt Trustee Limited
Lord James Meyer Sassoon, aged 67, is a highly experienced
professional in the banking and financial services industry. From
1985 he was at SG Warburg (latterly UBS Warburg), leading the
firm's global privatisation business and ending as Vice-Chairman,
Investment Banking. In 2002, he joined HM Treasury as Managing
Director, Finance, Regulation and Industry. In 2007/08 he acted as
President of the Financial Action Task Force and was Commercial
Secretary to the Treasury in 2010 to 2013. He served as a director
of The Merchants Trust plc from 2006 to 2010. He is currently
Chairman of The CityUK China Market Advisory Group, President of
the China-Britain Business Council and Member of the International
Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation. He was also
formerly a Member of the Global Advisory Board for Mitsubishi UFJ
Financial Group, Inc (MUFG). He is or has been a director of the
following companies or partner in the following partnerships or
trustee of the following charities in the last five years:
Current directorships:
Barco NV
The Hong Kong Association
Sir John Soane's Museum (Trustee of the Charity)
HM Sassoon Charitable Trust (Trustee of the Charity)
Past directorships:
Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited
Hongkong Land Holdings Limited
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
JLT Group Holdings Limited
Mandarin Oriental International Limited
Matheson & Co., Limited
The British Museum Friends
The British Museum (Trustee of the Charity)
Jardine Motors Group UK Limited
Trent Park Museum Trust (Trustee of the Charity)
There is no further information relating to Jayne Almond, Angela
Knight or Lord Sassoon that is required to be disclosed pursuant to
paragraph 2(g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies or to
Rule 4.9 of the AQSE Growth Market Apex Rulebook.
The Directors of the Company accept responsibility for the
contents of this announcement.
Enquiries:
Arbuthnot Banking Group 020 7012 2400
Sir Henry Angest, Chairman and Chief Executive
Andrew Salmon, Group Chief Operating Officer
James Cobb, Group Finance Director
Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser and
AQSE Exchange Corporate Adviser) 020 7383 5100
Colin Aaronson / Samantha Harrison / Ciara Donnelly
Shore Capital (Broker) 020 7408 4090
Daniel Bush / David Coaten / Tom Knibbs
H / Advisors Maitland (Financial PR) 020 7379 5151
Sam Cartwright
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