– UK, Bristol – Hargreaves Lansdown plc (LON: HL) today announced the appointment of Adrian Collins to its Board of directors effective on 2 November 2020. He has been nominated as a shareholder representative of Peter Hargreaves under the nomination right set out in the shareholder agreement.
“I’m delighted to welcome Adrian to the Board and look forward to working with him going forward. Adrian’s presence on the Board will provide an avenue to harness Peter’s wealth of experience, while also allowing us to benefit from Adrian’s considerable expertise in the fund management industry. The Board is focused on maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance as reflected in the recent appointments of John Troiano, Andrea Blance and Moni Mannings.” said Board Chair, Deanna Oppenheimer.
About Adrian Collins
Adrian has worked in the fund management business for over 40 years, most recently at Liontrust Asset Management where he served as Chairman from 2009 to 2019. Adrian has extensive experience across fund management and adjacent sectors having held senior roles at Gartmore, Trustnet (which he co-founded), Jupiter, Bestinvest and Lazard Investors. He is an experienced non-executive director and is currently non-executive Chairman of Eddie Stobart Logistics plc and CIP Merchant Capital Ltd. As a result of becoming a non-executive director at Hargreaves Lansdown, Adrian has stepped down from the boards of LTC Holdings and Heritage Collins where he was a non-executive director and will in due course also come off the board of Tri Star Resources. Adrian is also a non-executive director at Bahamas Petroleum plc and the Sri Lanka Fund.
Adrian Collins said: “I am pleased to be joining the Board of Hargreaves Lansdown. I look forward to playing my part in the continued success and leadership of the Company.”
In the previous five years, in addition to the companies named above Adrian Collins has also held directorships in the following publicly quoted companies: City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc and New City High Yield Fund Ltd.
For more information: https://www.hl.co.uk/
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