AJ Bell PLC Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (2960U)
02 December 2021 - 6:00PM
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AJ Bell PLC
02 December 2021
2 December 2021
AJ Bell plc
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
AJ Bell plc ("AJ Bell" or "Company"), one of the UK's largest
investment platforms, is pleased to announce the appointment of
Peter Birch, who, subject to FCA approval, will join the AJ Bell
Board and Executive Management Board as Chief Financial Officer
("CFO") on 1 July 2022.
Peter has extensive knowledge of the UK financial services
sector, including the investment platform market, and joins AJ Bell
from Deloitte LLP ("Deloitte") where he is currently a financial
services audit and assurance partner. Peter joined Deloitte in 1999
and qualified as a chartered accountant in 2002. He became a
partner in 2011 and was the lead partner for Deloitte's financial
services audit and assurance practice in the regions from 2017 to
2021. He has significant experience of leading the audits of large
listed financial services organisations and has been the partner on
Deloitte's assurance engagements with AJ Bell since 2015.
Peter will replace Michael Summersgill, who, as announced on 18
August 2021, was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief
Executive Officer with effect from 1 October 2021. Michael will
continue to undertake the duties of CFO until Peter joins the
company on 1 July 2022.
Les Platts, Chair at AJ Bell, commented:
"Following a thorough recruitment process, we are delighted to
welcome Peter to AJ Bell. His significant financial services
experience, built up over many years, will make a valuable
contribution to the Board."
Andy Bell, Chief Executive Officer at AJ Bell, commented:
" I look forward to working with Peter, who brings considerable
industry experience from his long career in financial services
audit and assurance at Deloitte. He is a strong addition to our
team as we focus on achieving our long-term growth ambitions ."
Peter Birch commented:
" I have followed the progress of AJ Bell for many years and
have always been impressed by its strong culture and customer focus
which has enabled it to grow into one of the UK's leading
investment platforms . It is an exciting time to join the business
and I look forward to helping the company to deliver on its
long-term growth strategy."
There is no other information required to be disclosed under
paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules.
Contacts:
AJ Bell
-- Shaun Yates, Investor Relations Director +44 (0) 7522 235
898
-- Charlie Musson, Head of PR +44 (0) 7834 499 554
About AJ Bell:
Established in 1995, AJ Bell is one of the largest investment
platforms in the UK.
We operate in both the advised and direct-to-consumer segments
of the platform market and our flagship platform propositions are
AJ Bell Investcentre (adviser) and AJ Bell Youinvest
(direct-to-consumer).
We offer SIPPs, ISAs and General Investment / Dealing Accounts
which provide access to a broad investment range including shares
and other instruments traded on the major stock exchanges around
the world, as well as all mainstream collective investments
available in the UK and our own range of AJ Bell funds. We also
offer a Cash savings hub which provides access to a range of
competitive savings accounts to help people manage their cash
savings.
We aim to make it easy for our customers to save and invest by
providing them with online tools and information to help them build
and manage their portfolios.
AJ Bell is headquartered in Manchester, UK, with offices in
London and Bristol.
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