Ben Wicks, co-manager of Schroder UK Public Private (SUPP), has stepped down from management of the former Neil Woodford-managed trust to take paternity leave and will not return to the trust.
According to the trust's half-year results published today (21 September), Wicks will "shortly take a leave of absence" from Schroders and the former Woodford Patient Capital trust for a period of paternity leave. Ex-Woodford trust makes second PE investment On his return, Wicks will not resume co-management of the trust, instead focusing on his roles as head of research innovation and co-leadership of the data insight unit. Wicks, who had been responsible for the company's public equity investments, will be replaced by Roger Doig, whose appointment comes in accordance with a succe...
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