City of London Group plc announced the appointment of Simon Wainwright as Non-executive Director to the Board with immediate effect. Simon is currently Chair of the Recognise Bank Ltd. Risk Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee. Simon is MD, Europe, Middle East and Africa at global reinsurer Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). Prior to this role, Simon held several senior positions at HSBC including CEO, HSBC Ireland, Head of Business Banking, UK and COO, Corporate and Structured Finance. He's also a NED of National Counties Building Society.