Chair’s introduction to governance
Key skills and experience • Open, inclusive, collaborative leadership style enabling high- quality debate and decision making at board level. • Experience of initiating M&A projects across jurisdictions. • Significant experience of asset and wealth management, including administration and portfolio management systems. Maarten joined Brooks Macdonald in November 2023 as a Non-Executive Director, taking over as Chair in March 2024. Maarten has extensive experience in financial services, including as CEO of Jupiter Fund Management for five years from 2014 until 2019, having joined the firm as Strategy and Distribution Director in 2012. Prior to that, he worked at BlackRock and predecessor companies from 1994, holding several positions including head of BlackRock Solutions EMEA and head of International Retail. Maarten started his career in 1987 as an equity analyst at Enskilda Securities in London. He is Chair of the Supervisory Board of Robeco, a global asset management company with its HQ in Rotterdam, and Chairman of Mintus, a London-based art investment fintech start-up. Maarten is also a Non- Executive Director of Law Debenture Corporation plc.
The Board remains committed to maintaining an effective governance framework to support our mission to build robust personal relationships that allow us to provide a high level of service to all our partners and clients. The Board is responsible for setting the long- term strategic direction of the Group and ensuring its successful execution. This includes providing clear leadership, fostering a culture aligned with our values, and defining the Group’s risk appetite. We also ensure that appropriate systems of control and oversight are in place to manage risk effectively and support sound decision making across the business. A key focus this year has been embedding our risk and compliance framework more deeply into the Group’s day-to-day operations, ensuring it remains responsive to a dynamic regulatory and commercial environment. This year has been one of significant transformation. We completed the sale of our International business and made three strategic acquisitions to expand our financial planning capabilities. The Board also oversaw the successful transition of the Company’s listing from AIM to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”), which is an important milestone that reflects our growth and maturity as a business. In October, Andrea Montague was appointed as CEO following the retirement of Andrew Shepherd. We then welcomed Katherine Jones to the role of CFO in November. Further details of these appointments can be found in the Nomination Committee report from page 75. As we look ahead, the Board remains focused on ensuring that our governance structures continue to support the Group’s strategic ambitions, whilst upholding the trust placed in us by our stakeholders.
Maarten Slendebroek Chair 3 September 2025
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