(Alliance News) – The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Kakuzi PLC – plantation operator in Kenya – Appoints Nicholas Nganga as chair, replacing Graham Mclean, who steps down to non-executive director. Nganga was chair of Kenyan telecommunications operator Safaricom and currently is chair of Car & General Kenya Ltd and G4S Security. Kakuzi also brings in experienced agricultor sector planner John Kimani and establishes an independent human rights advisory committee on the board and a worker grievance mechanism within its operations. The changes are in response to charges of human rights abuses on Kakuzi’s plantations. Last month UK supermarket chain Tesco PLC said it had suspended taking avocados from Kakuzi, after it was accused of systemic human rights abuses in a new lawsuit. Britain’s biggest grocer announced the move after law firm Leigh Day said it had initiated legal action against Kakuzi shareholder Camellia PLC, which noted Monday’s announcement. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of 79 Kenyans at London’s High Court, accused Kakuzi of employing security guards alleged to have perpetrated horrific abuses since 2009. They included killings, rape, attacks and false imprisonment.
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Barratt Developments PLC – Leicestershire-based housebuilder – Hires Katie Bickerstaffe and Chris Weston as independent non-executive directors, starting March 1, 2021. Bickerstaffe is chief strategy & transformation director at retailer Marks & Spencer Group PLC. She also was executive chair of SSE Energy Services, leading its separation from SSE PLC and sale to Ovo Group Ltd. Weston is chief executive officer of temporary power provider Aggreko PLC. Previously, he was managing director of International Downstream at British Gas-owner Centrica PLC.
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Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust PLC – Hires Elizabeth Edwards as independent non-executive director, effective immediately. Edwards is a chartered surveyor and a non-executive director of FTSE 250-listed commercial property investor CLS Holdings PLC.
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ADM Energy PLC – natural resources investing with assets in Nigeria – Hires Lionel Therond as chief financial officer in a non-board role, effective immediately. Therond was a managing director at Standard Bank, leading oil & gas equity and commodity research. He also worked at Royal Dutch Shell PLC in The Hague.
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Immedia Group PLC – Newbury, Berkshire-based audiovisual and digital communications – Promotes John Trevorrow to finance director and company secretary from financial controller.———-Alpha FX Group PLC – London-based currency risk management and payment services provider – Matt Knowles […]