Manifest Information Services Ltd, the UK-based provider of corporate governance and proxy voting solutions for institutional investors, has appointed Michael Deakin as its chairman and Kevin Brady as a non-executive director with immediate effect.
Deakin steps up from his role as non-executive director up as current chairman Peter Dixon retires in order to concentrate on his other roles including chair of University College Hospitals NHS Trust and The Housing Corporation. Commenting on his departure, Dixon said: “I wish the Manifest team every success; they have a clear vision for the future and have demonstrated a strong commitment and ability to delivering results.”
Prior to joining Manifest in April 2004 Deakin was chief investment officer and an executive director of Insight Investment (formerly Clerical Medical Investment Group) where he controlled over £65 billion of assets and managed and built a team of 150 investment professionals covering equity, fixed income and property fund management. Michael is also a non-executive director of The Pension Protection Fund the UK’s “pension fund lifeboat” that became operational on April 6, 2005.
Kevin Brady, who joins as a non-executive director, is a director of Information Publishing Plc and its subsidiary Exchange Data International Ltd. Brady has wide-ranging experience of the global financial information market place with previous roles including International Head of Investment Banking and Corporate Services at Thomson Financial, worldwide head of back office solutions at Valorinform and Financial Times Extel. During his time at Thomson Kevin was closely involved with its investment in and subsequent sale of ISS.