– UK, Edinburgh – abrdn plc (LON: ABDN) announced the appointments of Katie Bickerstaffe and Vivek Ahuja to its Board as Non-Executive Directors effective from 1 October 2024.
“I am delighted to welcome Katie and Vivek to our Board. Katie is a skilled strategic thinker and operator and we look forward to her bringing a wealth of transformation and change experience to the Board. Vivek’s considerable CFO experience at listed financial services companies and straight-talking, logical approach will be highly valuable assets during future Board discussions.” said Board Chair, Sir Douglas Flint.
Katie Bickerstaffe will join the Remuneration Committee. Vivek Ahuja will serve on the Audit Committee as Chair Designate.
About Katie Bickerstaffe
Katie Bickerstaffe has held executive leadership roles within several large FTSE listed companies, most recently at Marks & Spencer, from where she retired in July 2024 as Co-CEO. She is a highly regarded retail and consumer business leader with experience grounded through early career spells at Unilever, PepsiCo and Dyson. Across her career she has managed a wide range of business transformation challenges and brings extensive expertise on digital business models and executing change programmes, including through M&A. Having overseen M&S Bank, Katie also brings a well-informed perspective on regulated financial services sectors. She currently sits on the Board of Barratt Developments and chairs that company’s Remuneration Committee. She is also Senior Independent Director of the England and Wales Cricket Board and will be appointed as Senior Independent Director of Diploma PLC from 1 October 2024.
About Vivek Ahuja
Vivek Ahuja has over thirty years of senior general management experience in international financial services and private equity. In his executive career, he was most recently CEO of Terra Firma, a leading European Private Equity firm and, prior to that, Deputy Group CFO at Standard Chartered plc. He is a highly experienced CFO and brings broad commercial and operational experience spanning finance, strategy, business and cultural transformation, risk management and corporate governance. Vivek is an experienced Non-Executive Director and currently chairs the Risk Committee at NatWest Markets plc and is the Audit & Risk Committee Chair at PZ Cussons plc. He is due to be appointed as Senior Independent Director at PZ Cussons from 21 November 2024.
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