Charles Stanley Group PLC announced the appointment of Andrew Didham as a non-executive director, subject to regulatory approval. The appointment will take effect on the later of 1 August 2015 and the receipt of regulatory consent. Andrew is a member of the board of NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd. and was Group Finance Director of the worldwide Rothschild group for 16 years from 1997 to 2012.

Until 2014 he was a member of Rothschild's Group Management Committee and remains a member of a number of other senior committees of NM Rothschild & Sons and the wider Rothschild Group. His experience includes audit responsibility for a number of global financial institutions, assignments on behalf of the Bank of England and of the EU, and extensive dealings with regulatory authorities in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA as well as the UK. Andrew is also a director of Rothschilds Continuation Finance (CI) Ltd. and Rothschilds Continuation Finance PLC.