An associated one-off charge will be incurred in the current financial year. Brent has been instrumental in the turnaround of the Group and the Board wish him well for the future.
With immediate effect, the current Chairman, Martyn Ratcliffe, has been appointed as Executive Chairman. The Board does not anticipate appointing a plc Board replacement for Mr Hudson but is promoting Mick Withers and Dan Edwards, currently Head of the Medical and Commercial sectors respectively, to Joint Managing Directors of Sagentia Limited, the consultancy operating company.
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