Stephen Lansdown has taken a step back from the management of Hargreaves Lansdown by resigning as executive director to pursue other interests.
He will stay on at the advisory firm, which he co-founded in 1981, as a non-executive director of the board. This role will be more focused on scrutinising the performance of senior management than the day-to-day running of the firm. Having previously served as an executive director, Lansdown will not be considered as an independent non-exec. He says: "Over the course of the year my role has been to focus on challenging the board, to ensure it operates efficiently and profitably. "I feel this is a role more suited to a non-executive and have, therefore, stepped down from my executi...
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