St. James's Place announced the appointment of Caroline Waddington to the Board of Directors as Chief Financial Officer. Caroline's appointment follows an extensive and robust selection process and is subject to receiving the necessary regulatory approvals.

Caroline will succeed Craig Gentle,who will be retiring from the business. Craig has been with SJP since 2016, serving as its Chief Financial Officer since 1 January 2018. Caroline joins from UBS where she was Chief Financial Officer for the Group's UK Credit Suisse entities, as well as Chief Operating Officer for Credit Suisse International.

Prior to that, Caroline was Chief Financial Officer for UK and EMEA at Credit Suisse, and before that held senior finance roles at Barclays Capital, RBS and Deutsche Bank. A Chartered Accountant, Caroline began her career at Coopers & Lybrand.