(Reuters) -Peter Hargreaves, co-founder of British investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown, will step down as a board director and hand over the role to his son, the Financial Times reported on
Peter Hargreaves to step down from Hargreaves Lansdown board, FT reports
Leadership Changes at Hargreaves Lansdown
(Reuters) -Peter Hargreaves, co-founder of British investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown, will step down as a board director and hand over the role to his son, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Background of Peter Hargreaves
Hargreaves Lansdown did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Impact of Leadership Transition
Hargreaves, who founded the Bristol-based firm in 1981 and took it public in London in 2007, returned to the board earlier this year, according to the FT report.
Future of Hargreaves Lansdown
The report did not specify when he plans to step down.
Hargreaves will retain a stake in the business, which went private in 2024 following a 5.4-billion-pound ($7.23 billion) takeover by an international consortium, the report said.
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(Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
