Wealth Club co-founder Yearsley departs

To focus on non-exec roles

Ben Yearsley has left his role at tax-efficient investment service Wealth Club, which he co-founded with ex-Hargreaves Lansdown pensions expert Alex Davies early last year.

Yearsley (pictured) has left to focus on his non-executive roles - he is a non-executive director at advisory business Shore Capital and was recently appointed member of the investment committee on the Downing Diversified Global Managers fund. Speaking to Investment Week, he said Wealth Club had grown rapidly and required full-time commitment, which would be better suited to someone who was not involved in other roles. He added he had other potential non-executive positions in the pipeline, which could take up more of his time in the future. Commenting on his departure, Yearsley sa...