Woodford director with second financial business terminated at WCM Partners

Jonathan Adair

James Baxter-Derrington
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Jonathan Adair, director and chief technology officer at WCM Partners, has been removed as a director from the new Woodford venture.

The news comes following revelations Adair, who worked in proximity to Neil Woodford as early as his Invesco Perpetual days before joining Woodford Investment Management as head of digital and technology, had registered a financial business with the Financial Conduct Authority last year. Adair sits as the sole director at Curated Capital, a venture he set up with WCM Partners relationship manager Kristian Penttila, and was incorporated with Companies House on 27 May 2021, before receiving FCA approval on 7 November 2021. According to the latest Companies House filing, Adair was remove...

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