The board of James Latham plc announced the appointment of Fabian French as a non-executive director of the company with effect from October 16, 2015. Fabian qualified as a solicitor with Linklaters before commencing a career in corporate finance working for major investment banks including Daiwa SMBC, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Merrill Lynch.  More recently, he has worked in the charities sector and is currently Chief Executive of UK Community Foundations (the umbrella organisation for all community foundations) having previously been Director of Fundraising and Retail at Marie Curie Cancer Care. At the same time, Pippa Latham has resigned as Non-Executive Director of the company.