Janus Henderson appoints chair as Gillingwater retires

Multiple board changes

Janus Henderson’s board of directors has appointed John Cassaday to succeed Richard Gillingwater as its new chair and made changes to its non-executive directors line-up.

Current chair Gillingwater will be retiring on 31 December 2022, the firm said in a statement, having first joined the board in May 2017.  Cassaday, who became an independent non-executive director earlier this month, is also the chair of Canadian insurer Manulife and American food distributor Sysco, but will be retiring from both positions as he assumes his new chair responsibilities at Janus Henderson on 1 January. Other changes to the firm's board of directors saw activist investor and CEO and founder of Trian Fund Management Nelson Peltz  resign from his role as non-executive dire...