REG - St. James's Place - Directorate Change

St James's PlaceAnnouncement

22/05/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 6762J  St. James's Place PLC  22 May 2025

Directorate Change

 

 

St. James's Place plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Penny James as
an Independent Non-executive Director with effect from 1 July 2025. Upon
appointment, Penny will be a member of the Group Risk Committee and Group
Audit Committee.

 

Penny has extensive financial services experience across investment and
insurance. She has served as chief financial officer at Zurich Insurance
Company Ltd and Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd, chief risk officer at Prudential
plc and chief executive officer at Direct Line Insurance Group plc. Penny has
also held positions as a non-executive director of Admiral Group plc and
served as SID and a member of the risk and nomination & governance
committees of Hargreaves Lansdown plc until 24 March 2025.

 

Since 2024, Penny has been a non-executive director at Mitie Group plc,
Vitality Health Ltd and QBE Insurance Group Ltd.  She has been the co-chair
of the FTSE Women Leaders Review since 2022.

 

Paul Manduca, Chair of St. James's Place plc, said: "I am delighted that Penny
has agreed to join the Board, bringing with her a deep understanding of
financial services. As a former FTSE 100 CEO and SID, current co-chair of the
FTSE Women Leaders Review and with an extensive portfolio of executive and
non-executive roles, she has strong leadership skills and financial and risk
expertise which will benefit the Board and wider organisation greatly."

 

There is no other information regarding Penny James' appointment to be
disclosed under paragraph 6.4.8R of the UK Listing Rules.

 

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Enquiries:

Hugh Taylor, Director - Investor Relations
           Tel: 07818 075 143

Angela Warburton, Director of External Communications           Tel:
07912 281 502

 

Brunswick Group:
                                Tel: 020 7404 5959

Ellis Murphy

Charles Pretzlik

 

 

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