REG - Peel Hunt Limited - Appointment of Non-Executive Director

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RNS Number : 0559H  Peel Hunt Limited  04 April 2022

4 April 2022

Peel Hunt Limited

("Peel Hunt" or the "Company")

 

Board changes - Appointment of Non-Executive Director

 

Peel Hunt, a leading UK investment bank, is pleased to announce the
appointment of Anna Maria Josephine Cavanagh Bentley, as a Non-Executive
Director of the Board of the Company and a member of the Company's Audit,
Risk, Nomination and ESG Committees with immediate effect. Subject to
regulatory approval, Maria will also Chair the Company's Remuneration
Committee.

 

Maria has over 30 years of experience across financial services and investment
banking having held a number of senior HR roles including Managing Director,
Global Head of HR for Equities and Fixed Income at Goldman Sachs, Group
Managing Director and Global Head of HR for UBS Investment Bank and Senior
Managing Director, Global Head of HR for Wholesale at Nomura International.

 

Following regulatory approval for Maria's appointment as Chair, Liz Blythe
will step down as Chair of the Remuneration Committee. Liz will remain a
Non-Executive Director of the Company and Chair of the Audit Committee of Peel
Hunt.

 

Peel Hunt Chair, Simon Hayes, said: "We are delighted to welcome Maria to the
Peel Hunt Board. With her strong sector experience and deep understanding of
remuneration practices in financial services, Maria will complement the range
of skills of the existing Board members. We are looking forward to working
with Maria as Peel Hunt continues to progress its growth ambitions. We would
also like to thank Liz Blythe for her stewardship of the Remuneration
Committee over the period".

 

Information in respect of Anna Maria Josephine Cavanagh Bentley (formerly Anna
Maria Josephine Cavanagh, formerly Anna Maria Josephine Cavanagh Elger), aged
62, pursuant to Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies is detailed
below:

 

 Directorships and Partnerships
 Current:                              Previous (within past 5 years):
 Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited  Brookfield Media LLP

 BlueBay Asset Management LLP          Nomura Europe Holdings PLC

 Picton Property Income Limited        Nomura International PLC

                                       Nomura International PLC (Dubai Location)

                                       Nomura International PLC (German Branch)

                                       The Nomura Charitable Trust

 

There are no other details regarding the appointment of Maria Bentley that
require disclosure under the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 

 

 Peel Hunt via MHP                               +44 (0)20 3128 8540
 Steven Fine, CEO

 Sunil Dhall, CFOO
 MHP (Financial PR)                              +44 (0)20 3128 8540

                                                 peelhunt@mhpc.com
 Andrew Jaques

 Charlie Barker

 Robert Collett-Creedy
 Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)       +44 (0)20 7728 2942
 Colin Aaronson

 Daphne Zhang
 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (Corporate Broker)        +44 (0) 207 710 7600
 Alistair McKay

 Alberto Moreno Blasco

 Fred Walsh

 Dennis Towers

 
 

Notes to editors:

 

Peel Hunt is a leading specialist in UK Investment Banking, ranked number one
broker for UK mid and small-cap companies in Institutional Investor's latest
Europe Survey. Our purpose is to nurture and guide people through the
evolution of business.  We achieve this through a proven, joined-up approach
that consistently delivers value to UK corporates, global institutions and
trading counterparties alike.

 

We have 163 corporate clients (including 33 in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250),
with an average market capitalisation of approximately £657m. Our
award-winning research is distributed to over 1,235 institutions across the
UK, Europe and North America. Our trading platform makes markets in over
10,000 instruments in 42 markets and is an increasingly important provider of
trade execution services to the UK retail platforms and brokers

 

 

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