Polar Capital Holdings PLC.
Company 04235369 Active
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How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
8 directors on the board
- Laura Anne Ahto Director · appointed 2021
- Winifred Robbins Director · appointed 2017
- Samir Ayub Director · appointed 2021
- David John Lamb Director · appointed 2020
- Andrew John Shirley Ross Director · appointed 2020
- Anand Aithal Director · appointed 2022
- Alexa Jane Coates Director · appointed 2018
- Iain David Evans Director · appointed 2025
5.5y median 5.5y
average tenure
9.1y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Winifred Robbins Director · appointed 2017
- David John Lamb Director · appointed 2020
- Andrew John Shirley Ross Director · appointed 2020
- Alexa Jane Coates Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Laura Anne Ahto Director · appointed 2021
- Winifred Robbins Director · appointed 2017
- David John Lamb Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (5)
- Samir Ayub Director · appointed 2021
- Andrew John Shirley Ross Director · appointed 2020
- Anand Aithal Director · appointed 2022
- Alexa Jane Coates Director · appointed 2018
- Iain David Evans Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Gavin Mark Rochussen Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
Finance 10Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Professional services 2Agriculture 1Health and social care 1
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- Polar Capital Partners Limited 2 shared directors
- Polar Capital LLP 2 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- RYE Golf Club Company Limited 1 shared director
- Belnor Farms Limited 1 shared director
- Marsh Limited 1 shared director
- Quilter Investment Platform Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 04235369 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Public Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 15/06/2001 |
| Address | 16 PALACE STREET, LONDON, SW1E 5JD |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 30/11/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
64205 - Activities of financial services holding companies
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 2 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Polar Capital Partners Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Polar Capital US Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-02-20
Officers (26)
- Iain David Evans Director · appointed 2025
- Tracey Anne Lago Secretary · appointed 2024
- Anand Aithal Director · appointed 2022
- Laura Anne Ahto Director · appointed 2021
- Samir Ayub Director · appointed 2021
- David John Lamb Director · appointed 2020
- Andrew John Shirley Ross Director · appointed 2020
- Alexa Jane Coates Director · appointed 2018
- Winifred Robbins Director · appointed 2017
Show 17 former officers
- Quintin Rupert Salter Price Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
- Gavin Mark Rochussen Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- George Victor Bumeder Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
- Michael William Thomas Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2018
- Hugh Graham Cazalet Aldous Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2018
- Thomas Hugh Bartlam Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2020
- Sarah Elizabeth Street Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2011
- Mark Robert Kary Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
- David Charles Magliocco Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2002
- James Michael Beale Cayzer-Colvin Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2022
- Peter Neville Buckley Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2008
- John Bradbury Mansell Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2022
- Neil Philip Taylor Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2024
- Charles Martin Hale Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2010
- Brian Jonathan David Ashford-Russell Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2021
- Timothy John Woolley Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2018
- Precis Company Services Limited Corporate-director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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