Blog: Another exit? What is going on at Ashcourt Rowan?

Ashcourt Rowan has acquired a bad habit of losing staff and with rumours of more to follow it had better act quick to stem the tide.

Laura Miller
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Ashcourt Rowan has acquired a bad habit of losing staff and with rumours of more to follow it had better act quick to stem the tide.

Today news surfaced that group investment director Guy Stephens and head of collectives research Tim Cockerill will leave the firm for Rowan Dartington in September, a significant loss in experience for Ashcourt. For Cockerill the move is more sideways than up - he is taking on the same title he had at Ashcourt - suggesting it is perhaps the firm rather than the role he wants shot of. The departures were confirmed by a hastily-put-together holding statement from Dartington after the moves were announced internally yesterday and leaked this morning. It is telling that no formal pres...

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