Fundsmith founding partner Simon Godwin retires

Was chief financial officer

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Simon Godwin, one of the founding partners of Fundsmith, has officially retired from the fund management company.

His appointment at Fundsmith, where he had been CFO and chief compliance officer, was terminated on 30 September 2021, according to a Companies House filing. In December last year, Fundsmith appointed Paul Mainwaring as CFO and he subsequently joined the firm on 4 January this year. In a statement at the time, Terry Smith, founder and chief executive of Fundsmith, said: "Since helping to found Fundsmith in 2010, Simon has made an enormous contribution to the firm's growth and I would like to thank him for his dedication and hard work. We all wish him the very best." Terry Smith nam...

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