UK direct-to-investor investment and online trading firm Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HL) today posted a notice of its upcoming annual general meeting. The meeting will take place at The Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF on Friday 15 October 2021 at 11.00am.

The resolution to be put to vote include the election of Adrian Collins and Penny James.

Thus, Resolution Fourteen proposes that to elect Adrian Collins as a director, who having been appointed since the last AGM retires in accordance with Article 82 of the Company’s Articles of Association and who, being eligible, offers himself for election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.

Adrian Collins has worked in the fund management business for over 45 years, most recently at Liontrust Asset Management where he served as Chairman from 2009 to 2019. During this period, he oversaw a transformation in the business, broadening its investment and distribution capabilities and undertaking numerous acquisitions.

Mr Collins has extensive experience across fund management and adjacent sectors having held senior roles at Gartmore, Trustnet (which he co-founded), Jupiter, Bestinvest and Lazard Investors. He is an experienced non-executive director.

Resolution Fifteen proposes to elect Penny James as a director, who having been appointed since the last AGM retires in accordance with Article 82 of the Company’s Articles of Association and who, being eligible, offers herself for election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.

Penny James brings extensive financial services experience with strong leadership skills, financial and risk expertise, strategic thinking and cultural alignment. Since May 2019 Penny has been the Chief Executive Officer of Direct Line Insurance Group plc, having joined in November 2017 as Chief Financial Officer.

She previously held a number of roles at Prudential plc including Group Chief Risk Officer and Director of Group Finance. Prior to this, she was Group CFO at Omega Insurance Holdings Limited and CFO, UK General Insurance, at Zurich Financial Services. She was previously a Non-Executive Director of Admiral Group plc from 2015 to 2017.

Hargreaves Lansdown’s directors consider that the resolutions are in the best interests of shareholders as a whole and, accordingly, unanimously recommend that shareholders vote in favour of the resolutions.