Wardrop leaves Succession in management shakeup

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Alan Wardrop is stepping down from his position as finance director at Succession Advisory Services as part of a management shakeup at the consolidation vehicle, coinciding with the move to a new head office.

The company is creating a "state-of-the-art" service centre and head office at the Tamar Science Park in Plymouth, with 26 employees relocating there this month. Wardrop, who had been based out of Mayfair, has left the company as he could not make the move for family reasons. Richard Rhodes, currently chief operating officer of majority shareholder Spearpoint and previously CFO of Merill Lynch, is joining as commercial director, responsible for overviewing the financial functions of the business, as well as the rolling programme of acquisitions in Succession's membership. Meanwhile...

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