The chairman of listed accident management assistance group Helphire is to retire as of 1 January 2002.
Martin Kinney, who has been non-executive chairman of the Group since its flotation in April 1997, will be replaced by Michael Symons.
Symons, who will act as part-time executive chairman, was chief executive of the company until September 2001, when he became deputy chairman.
Non-executive director Roger Taylor is to become deputy chairman. He will assume the corporate governance responsibilities usually associated with the chairman.
These include chairing the remuneration and nominations committees. Taylor is currently non-executive chairman of Amlin and is a past chairman of the Association British Insurers.
A new non-executive director, Richard Burrell, will join the board at the same time as these changes.
Burrell is a director of Westbury Asset Management and was formerly a senior managing director of ING-Barings. He was previously an executive director at UBS Warburg.
Nicholas Tilley will become company secretary, in addition to his role as company solicitor.
