River and Mercantile group CFO to exit after five years

Moving back to US

River and Mercantile's group chief financial officer Kevin Hayes has announced plans to retire from the company in the coming six months.

Hayes joined the firm ahead of its IPO in February 2014 and has also had the role of global head of solutions over the past 12 months along with his CFO role. He is leaving the group to head back to the US to be closer to his family, and will be taking up a new role outside the asset management sector. The CFO will remain on the R&M board until its upcoming AGM on 9 December, but will not stand for re-election as a director. R&M appoints ex-Pioneer's Hanratty to lead global distribution R&M said it has already identified a strong prospective CFO and confirmed that subject to the...