{"id":85733,"date":"2017-10-26T08:33:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T08:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d82f02a78b9622563b906c6518c738ee"},"modified":"2017-10-26T08:33:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T08:33:33","slug":"press-release-uk-government-investments-strengthens-and-expands-senior-management-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=85733","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UK Government Investments strengthens and expands senior management team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UK Government Investments (\u201cUKGI<\/abbr>\u201d), the Government\u2019s centre of expertise in corporate finance and corporate governance, announces a significant strengthening of its senior management team with the appointment of four new Directors. Tom Cooper and Candida Morley join UKGI<\/abbr> as Directors, while Michael Harrison and Henry Lloyd have both been promoted to Director from within UKGI<\/abbr>. These appointments expand UKGI<\/abbr>\u2019s senior management team from four to eight Directors working with Mark Russell, UKGI<\/abbr>\u2019s Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n

Commenting, Mark Russell said:<\/p>\n

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As UKGI<\/abbr> activity continues to increase, I am delighted that we have been able to strengthen further and enlarge our senior management team through the appointment of four highly experienced Directors.<\/p>\n

One of the primary attractions of working at UKGI<\/abbr> is that we operate at the heart of government, at the point where the public and private sectors meet. As such, we welcome Tom and Candida to UKGI<\/abbr> from the private sector and congratulate Michael and Henry on their appointments as UKGI<\/abbr> Directors. They all bring a breadth and depth of expertise to the senior management team which will be hugely beneficial to the ongoing development of UKGI<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tom Cooper was most recently Global Co-Chairman of M&A at Deutsche Bank where he has spent the last 8 years. He started his career at KMPG and was at UBS Investment Bank for 21 years where his various roles included Head of European M&A.<\/p>\n

Candida Morley joins UKGI<\/abbr> from HgCapital where she was an Operating Partner. Between 2001 \u2013 2015 she worked at private equity fund LDC (where her roles included Chief Portfolio Offer and Chief Operating Officer), prior to which she worked at Elementis plc, 3i plc and as Director of Development at the Victoria and Albert Museum.<\/p>\n

Michael Harrison joined UKGI<\/abbr> in 2009 from Greenhill Caliburn, the Australian independent corporate finance adviser, prior to which he worked at CSFB and BZW. At UKGI<\/abbr> he has worked on a range of projects across Government and currently works closely with organisations including Network Rail and Ordnance Survey.<\/p>\n

Henry Lloyd joined UKGI<\/abbr> in 2015 having spent over 25 years in European corporate finance and M+A, including roles at JPMorgan, CSFB and BZW. At UKGI<\/abbr> his work has included representing the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the board of The Insolvency Service and advising the Ministry of Defence on the establishment of a new Executive Agency for the delivery of the submarine programme.<\/p>\n

For further information:<\/h3>\n

UKGI<\/abbr>: Josh Coe \u2013 0207 215 4787<\/p>\n

Citigate Dewe Rogerson: Toby Moore, Jos Bieneman, Elizabeth Kittle \u2013 0207 638 9571<\/p>\n

About UK Government Investments (\u2018UKGI<\/abbr>\u2019)<\/h3>\n

UKGI<\/abbr> is owned by HM Treasury but independently managed and with a Board mostly comprised of independent Non Executive Directors. It combines the former Shareholder Executive and UK Financial Investments (\u2018UKFI\u2019). Working with a range of Government departments across Whitehall and operating at the boundary of the public and private sectors, UKGI<\/abbr>\u2019s role is to provide Government with a centre of excellence in corporate finance and corporate governance.
\nWhile enormous in its scope and diversity, UKGI<\/abbr>\u2019s work covers four principal areas:<\/p>\n

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    It acts as shareholder, representing Government\u2019s interests in the stewardship of over twenty arms-length organisations and assets, ensuring their good governance, scrutinising their performance and looking to optimise their value and operational efficiency on behalf of the taxpayer. It does all of this in line with its Principles of Portfolio Governance, which set the standard for the governance of assets in the public sector;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    It continuously reviews the feasibility of and alternatives for optimising the monetisation of those Government assets held for disposal, going on to prepare and execute all of Government\u2019s significant corporate and financial asset sales;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    It advises Government on all its financial interventions into corporate structures resulting from corporate or sectoral distress and other special situations;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    It advises Government on its major negotiations with corporates, responding to M&A and other potential transactions that have implications for the UK national interest.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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