Curtis Banks Group PLC Directorate Change (4753I)

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RNS Number : 4753I

Curtis Banks Group PLC

31 August 2016

Curtis Banks Group plc

Appointment of Director

Curtis Banks Group plc ("Curtis Banks"), one of the UK's leading SIPP providers with a portfolio of approximately 72,000 SIPPs, is pleased to announce the appointment of William Arthur Self, 34, as an Executive Director to the main Board. Will is Chief Executive of the Suffolk Life Group of Companies ("Suffolk Life"), acquired by Curtis Banks in May of this year.

Will joined Suffolk Life, a subsidiary of Legal & General Plc, in 2003 spending time in multiple departments including Corporate Development where he was instrumental in launching several propositions with multi-national insurers. Completing his MBA from Cranfield University in 2010, he was made a Director of Suffolk Life in the same year, initially as Operations Director and subsequently as Product and Operations Director in 2012.

Will become Managing Director in 2013 and during 2015 was additionally appointed Chief Operating Officer of Cofunds Limited, a sister company within Legal & General Plc. He led the strategic review during 2015 which resulted in the sale of Suffolk Life to Curtis Banks in January 2016.

Chris Banks, Chairman of Curtis Banks, commented:

"We are very pleased to welcome Will to the Board of Curtis Banks. He is an expert in the SIPP industry and has an outstanding knowledge of the operations of Suffolk Life. My co-Directors and I look forward to working with him in the continuing growth and development of the Curtis Banks Group. "

The following details in relation to the appointment of Mr Self are disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules:

 
 Current directorships           Past directorships held 
                                  within the last five years 
------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Suffolk Life (Spartan           Cofunds Limited (Resigned 
  Estate) Limited                 16 December 2015) 
  Suffolk Life Group 
  Limited 
  Suffolk Life Trustees 
  Limited 
  SLA Property Company 
  Limited 
  Suffolk Life Annuities 
  Limited 
  Suffolk Life Pensions 
  Limited 
  EPPL P1039 Limited 
  EPPL P1047 Limited 
  EPPL P1051 Limited 
  EPPL P1056 Limited 
  EPPL P1060 Limited 
  EPPL P1062 Limited 
  EPPL P1064 Limited 
  EPPL P0166 Limited 
  EPPL P1088 Limited 
  European Pensions Properties 
  Limited 
  East Anglia's Children's 
  Hospices (Trading) 
  Limited 
  East Anglia's Children's 
  Hospices 
 

There are no other disclosures in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.

For more information:

 
 Curtis Banks Group plc                  www.curtisbanks.co.uk 
 Rupert Curtis - Chief Executive               Via Walbrook PR 
  Officer 
 Paul Tarran - Chief Financial 
  Officer 
 
 Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser              [phone] 
  & Broker)                                               8900 
 Guy Wiehahn 
  Rishi Shah 
 
                                               [phone] 
 Walbrook PR                                              8780 
                                               [phone] 
 Tom Cooper / Paul Vann                                   1972 
                                     [e-mail] 
 

Notes to Editors on Curtis Banks:

Curtis Banks administers Self-Invested Pension products, principally SIPPs and SSASs. The Group commenced trading in 2009 and has successfully developed, through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, into one of the largest UK providers of these products. The Group employs approximately 540 staff in its head office in Bristol and regional offices in Ipswich, Dundee and Market Harborough.

For more information - www.curtisbanks.co.uk

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