Schroders Plc Chairman Michael Dobson has asked independent director and former chief executive of BAE Systems Ian King to lead the process of finding his successor, the British fund manager said on Friday.
Dobson was appointed as chairman in April 2016 and previously served as the company's chief executive officer.
There is no set timetable for the succession and Dobson will remain chairman until such time as a successor is appointed, a spokeswomen said in an emailed statement.
(Reporting by Sabahatjahan Contractor in Bengaluru and Pamela Barbaglia; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
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Michael William Romsey Dobson is a British businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies and is Chairman at Schroders Plc. He is also on the board of Bluebell Strategies Ltd.
In his past career he was Managing Director & Director at Deutsche Bank AG and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Grenfell Group Plc (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG), Chief Executive Officer at Morgan Grenfell Asset Management Ltd. and Chief Executive Officer of Schroder Investment Management (Europe) SA.
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