Hargreaves Lansdown plc (HL) confirms that Moni Mannings, a Non-Executive Director of HL, has been appointed to the Board of the Co-operative Group as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director with effect from January 2, 2024.

Moni Mannings is a qualified solicitor with a strong background in international banking and finance and was a Senior Partner and Board member of law firm Olswang LLP. She has held a number of non-executive positions including as a Board member of Dairy Crest Group plc, Polypipe Group plc, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (chairing its Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee), Cranfield University, Deputy Chair of Barnardo’s and Senior Independent Director of Investec Bank plc.