London Report: FTSE led down by Experian and HSBC first quarter results May 7, 2014 BRITAIN’s blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed down by 2.12 points at 6,796.44 points yesterday, hindered by a drop in HSBC and credit data firm Experian. HSBC’s 1.3 per cent fall trimmed the most points off of the FTSE. The bank said its 20 per cent drop in first-quarter profits resulted from muted customer activity in [...]
Credit check company Experian hires fresh faces for its top team April 29, 2014 EXPERIAN has announced two new faces for its top management team, following the promotion of former chief financial officer Brian Cassin to chief executive in January. Lloyd Pitchford, chief financial officer at safety service provider Intertek, will join the credit checking company in September this year as its finance boss. Jan Babiak, a former managing [...]
Experian picks chief exec as its new chairman January 16, 2014 EXPERIAN’S chief executive is stepping into the chairman’s role from July, the firm announced yesterday, eight months after hiring headhunters to search for a new chair. The credit checking and data services group said Don Robert will leave the chief exec post to replace Sir John Peace, who said last May that he planned to [...]