31 July 2007
31 July 2007
Angela Knight, CBE was today, 31st July, appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors as Non Executive Director.
Angela Knight set up and was Chief Executive of a specialist contract heat treatment company treating precision engineering components – Cook & Knight Metallurgical Processors Ltd – and associated process plant manufacturing company.
From 1987 to 1992 she was a Councillor and Chief Whip on Sheffield City Council. She entered Parliament in 1992 as MP for Erewash and was Economic Secretary to H M Treasury from 1995 to 1997, until she lost her seat at the General Election.
Angela Knight became Chief Executive of the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS) in September 1997 until December 2006. She is currently the Chief Executive of the British Bankers Association and a non-executive director on the Boards of LogicaCMG and IFSL and a trust member of the Port of London Authority.
Jamie Matheson, Executive Chairman, said “I am delighted that Angela Knight has accepted our invitation to join the Board and we have every confidence that she will make a very significant contribution to the Company, particularly given her wealth of experience. She has been a tireless champion of private investors for a long time, encompassing her work at the Treasury and more recently at APCIMS.”
For further enquiries:
Jamie Matheson
Executive Chairman
Toby Mountford/George Cazenove
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
020 7638 9571
Charlotte Black
0845 213 1000