Trio exit Ashcourt Rowan ahead of Towry deal

Three members of senior staff at Ashcourt Rowan are to exit as its takeover by Towry is finalised.

André Girault and Timothy Dickens, investment directors, and Kerry Saunders, financial planner, are leaving after less than a year with the business. This follows the announcement CEO Jonathan Polin (pictured) and chairman Hugh Ward will resign once Towry's £97m deal to acquire Ashcourt Rowan completes. Girault and Dickens joined last August after leaving their roles at HSBC Global Asset Management, where they worked in the discretionary wealth management arm, while Saunders, who also joined in August, previously worked at PRM Associates. Ashcourt Rowan said the trio are leaving "b...