Godfrey steps down from AIC role

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Daniel Godfrey has stepped down from his role as director general of the AIC, after 11 years in the job, to "seek a new challenge".

Daniel Godfrey has stepped down from his role as director general of the AIC, after 11 years of the job, to “seek a new challenge”. His former deputy Ian Sayers has taken over the position temporarily until the association’s board appoints a replacement. Godfrey is to continue working with the AIC on a consultancy basis to ease the new incumbent’s transition into the job. He says: “It has been an honour and a privilege to lead the AIC and to represent the investment company sector.  “It is a role which I have enjoyed immensely.  But after 11 years, in which the AIC has been incredibly ...

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