Orchard Funding Group PLC Director Appointments & Retirement (2722W)
10 Dicembre 2019 - 8:01AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2722W
Orchard Funding Group PLC
10 December 2019
10(th) December 2019
Orchard Funding Group Plc
("Orchard" or the "Company")
Board Changes
Orchard the finance company which specialises in insurance
premium finance and the professions funding market announces that
its Chairman, Gary Jennison has notified the Board that he will not
be seeking re-election at the Annual General Meeting and so will
retire from the Board, effective 12(th) December 2019.
Orchard also announces that Mark Sismey-Durrant will be
appointed Chairman and Steven Hicks will be appointed as
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Risk Committee. The
appointment of Mark Sismey-Durrant and Steven Hicks will take
effect from the conclusion of the AGM.
Ravi Takhar, CEO stated: "We are delighted to appoint Mark
Sismey-Durrant and Steven Hicks to our Board. Mark has many years
of banking experience, with the most recent being a Board Director
and Chief Executive Officer of Hampshire Trust Bank plc. Steven
also has many years of banking experience and is currently Chair of
Risk Committee at State Bank of India (UK) Limited. Both Mark and
Steven will be key to our future banking aspirations. We would also
like to thank Gary Jennison for his many years of support and
dedication to our business. We wish him the very best for the
future."
Regulatory disclosures - Mark Sismey-Durrant
In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules, Mark Timothy
John Sismey-Durrant, previously Mark Timothy John Durrant, (aged
60), holds or has held the following directorships and
partnerships:
Current Directorships Past Directorships
Advanced Payment Solutions Ltd Hampshire Trust Bank plc
Brookburn Ltd Hampshire Trust Nominees Limited
Bedford School Foundation Nationwide Compensation Service
Limited
Litigation Funding Limited
Hampshire Bank Limited
UK Finance Ltd
Loughborough University Development
Trust
MSD Financial Consulting Limited
Mark Sismey-Durrant was appointed as a director of Heritable
Bank plc on 6 September 2002 and resigned on 28 February 2011.
Heritable Bank plc's immediate 100% owned parent bank was
Landsbanki Islands hf, a company incorporated in Iceland and quoted
on the Icelandic Stock Exchange ("Landsbanki"). Landsbanki provided
a committed line of credit equal to GBP400m to Heritable Bank plc.
On 7 October 2008, Landsbanki was put into receivership and was
therefore unable to fulfil its remaining undrawn funding
obligations of GBP320m to Heritable Bank plc. As a consequence,
Heritable Bank plc entered into administration on 7 October 2008.
As at 11 September 2019, unsecured creditors of Heritable Bank plc
have been paid dividends equal to 98 pence in 100 pence. Mark
Sismey-Durrant was also a director of the following wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Heritable Bank plc:
-- Heritable Capital Partners Limited, from 6 September 2002 to 28 February 2011;
-- Heritable Asset Finance Limited, from 1 June 2004 to 28 February 2011;
-- Key Business Finance Corporation plc, from 1 May 2005 to 28 February 2011; and
-- Key Business Finance Limited, from 1 June 2005 to 28 February 2011.
As a consequence of the administration of Heritable Bank plc,
all of the subsidiary companies set out above entered into
administration on 15 October 2008. Heritable Bank plc was the only
creditor of the subsidiary companies.
Mark Sismey-Durrant was also a director of Landsbanki Guernsey
Limited, a subsidiary of Landsbanki, from 1 June 2006 to 7 October
2008. Landsbanki Guernsey Limited was placed into administration on
7 October 2008.
Mark Sismey-Durrant does not hold any shares in the Company.
Regulatory disclosures - Steven Hicks
In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules, Steven Mark
Hicks (aged 56), holds or has held the following directorships and
partnerships:
Current Directorships Past Directorships
State Bank of India (UK) Limited Just Ask Genie Limited
Gentoo Genie Limited
Gentoo Genie Admin Limited
SMH Interim Management Limited
Steven Hicks does not hold any shares in the Company.
There are no other disclosures require under paragraph (g) of
Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
**ENDS**
For further information, please contact:
Orchard Funding Group PLC +44 (0)1582 346 248
Ravi Takhar, Chief Executive Officer
Liberum (Nomad and Broker) +44 (0)20 3100 2222
Neil Patel
Richard Bootle
Laura Hamilton
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