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Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Appointment of Non-Executive Director.
About this update from Funding Circle Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0877G Funding Circle Holdings PLC 01 November 2018 \n\n \n1 November 2018\n \nFunding Circle Holdings plc\n \nAppointment of Non-Executive Director\n \nFunding Circle Holdings plc (\"Funding Circle\"), the leading small business loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, is pleased to announce that, as previously notified in the Prospectus issued on 19 September 2018, Geeta Gopalan is appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Ms Gopalan will chair the audit committee and be a member of the risk and compliance committee.\n \nMs Gopalan is a chartered accountant with over 25 years of experience in financial services and retail banking, particularly payments and digital innovation. She is a non-executive director of CYBG plc (and its group companies Clydesdale Bank plc and Virgin Money plc), Ultra Electronic Holdings plc, and Wizink Bank SA, the latter of which she is chair of the audit and risk committee.\n \nCommenting on the appointment, Samir Desai, CEO and co-founder of Funding Circle, said: \"Our ambition is to build a better financial world by revolutionising the financial system and securing a better deal for everyone. Geeta's experience will be invaluable as we continue to grow and build a category-defining global company, and I am very pleased to welcome her to the board.\"\n \nThere is no further information to be disclosed regarding Geeta Gopalan under paragraph 9.6.13(R) of the Listing Rules.\n\nEnquiries:\nFunding Circle Holdings plc\[email protected] / 0203 667 2245\nTB Cardew\nEd Orlebar (07738 724 630)\nTom Allison (07789 998 020)\n\nAbout Funding Circle:\nFunding Circle (corporate.fundingcircle.com) is a global SME loans platform, connecting SMEs who want to borrow with investors who want to lend in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands. Since launching in 2010, investors across Funding Circle's geographies - including more than 85,000 retail investors, banks, asset management companies, insurance companies, government-backed entities and funds - have lent more than £5.5 billion to over 55,000 businesses globally.\n\n \n \n\nThis information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information P...