Paul Pettitt to retire from Origo

After 28 years at firm

Hannah Godfrey
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Origo managing director Paul Pettitt is to step down from his role at the end of February 2018 after 28 years with the not-for-profit company.

A replacement for Pettitt has yet to be found but Origo has instructed recruiters FWB Park Brown to undertake the search and recruitment process. Pettitt (pictured) joined Origo in 1989 and fulfilled rules in both marketing and IT before joining the Origo board in 1997 and becoming managing director in 2003. Origo to create independent standards subsidiary Among other initiatives, Pettitt oversaw the creation of an independent standards subsidiary. The subsidiary aims to work alongside the financial services industry to implement standards for the movement of data between industry ...

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