EXECUTIVE CHANGES: Prudential names board of Jackson Financial
Fri, 30th Apr 2021 16:16
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced on Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
Prudential PLC - London-based insurer - Names board for US business Jackson Financial Inc, which become effective upon Jackson s demerger from Prudential. In addition to Non-Executive Chair Steven Kandarian and Chief Executive Officer Laura Prieskorn, who will be an executive director, Prudential named five additional independent directors. Gregory Durant is vice chair of accountants Deloitte LLP. Derek Kirkland is former managing director & co-head of the Global Financial Institutions Group at Morgan Stanley s Financial Institutions Group in Investment Banking. Martin Lippert is former head of global technology & operations at insurer MetLife Inc. Russell Noles is former chief operating officer of Nuveen, a subsidiary of Teachers
TRADING UPDATES: UK Oil & Gas annual loss widens on impairments
Fri, 16th Apr 2021 19:37
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
UK Oil & Gas PLC - London-headquartered exploration and production company - Posts pretax loss for the year ended September 30 last year of GBP20.9 million, widening from GBP5.4 million a year prior. Revenue increases to GBP908,000 from GBP213,000. Books GBP10.7 million impairment expense, up from GBP2,000 the year before. Does not declare a dividend, unchanged from the year prior. I have experienced many oil price downturns in my career, but none have been as unexpected or severe as 2020. Fortunately, the company and industry have been resilient enough to survive and adapt and to witness the hoped for bounce back in oil price. We all hope this will be long lived, says Chief Executive Stephen Sanderson.
EXECUTIVE CHANGES: New CFOs for Sensyne, Focusrite, Bango, 4D Pharma
Mon, 1st Mar 2021 16:41
(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:
Sensyne Health PLC - Oxford, England-based clinical technology using artificial intelligence - Moves Chief Investment Officer Richard Pye to chief financial officer and executive director, while interim CFO Michael Norris moves to non-executive director, both from last Friday. Norris has been interim CFO since March last year. Additionally, Geoff Race joins the board as non-executive director. Race is co-founder and CFO of Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company Minerva Neurosciences Inc.