Cavendish Financial plc announced that Mark Astaire has been appointed to its Board of Directors as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 January 2024. Mark brings over 35 years of investment banking experience to the Board having held a number of senior leadership positions including Chairman of Corporate Broking at Barclays and Head of Corporate Broking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mark was also a member of the Takeover Panel.

Mark is a member of the board of Sky News (which protects the editorial independence of Sky News), a Trustee of the charity Breast Cancer Now and a member of the International Advisory Board of the University of Edinburgh Business School. Robert Lister, Deputy Chairman has informed the company of his intention to step down from the Board of Directors on 31 December 2023 having led finnCap Group plc ("finnCap"), as Chairman, through its merger and subsequent integration with Cenkos Securities plc creating Cavendish Financial Plc in September 2023.