RentGuarantor Hldgs - Confirmation of Board Changes
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RentGuarantor Holdings PLC
07 September 2026
7 September 2026
RentGuarantor Holdings PLC
(the "Company" or "RentGuarantor")
Confirmation of Board Changes
Further to the Company's announcement at 7:00am on 29 July 2026, RentGuarantor (AIM: RGG), a leading provider of rent
guarantee services, which includes property protection, to tenants and landlords in the UK1
private rental sector, is pleased
to announce the appointment of Ben Thompson, Maya Klein Wassink and Simon Jackson as independent Non-Executive
Directors of the Company with immediate effect. Additionally, the Company announces that Amanda Bower has joined the
Board as an Executive Director, in the role of Chief People and Risk Officer, and Non-Executive Director, David Cliff, has
transitioned to an Executive Director role as RentGuarantor's Director of Research and Innovation, in each case with
immediate effect.
Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson brings 40 years of leadership experience across the financial services and mortgage sectors. He has held a
number of senior executive positions, including CEO of ULS Technology plc, where he spearheaded the company over the
period when it grew into a £100 million-plus listed business. He is currently Director of Home Moving Strategy at the
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), where he was previously Deputy CEO, and has played a key role in transforming the firm
into one of the UK's leading mortgage and financial services groups, over a period when it nearly trebled group revenue and
profit. He also served as Managing Director of Legal & General Mortgage Club, over a period when it increased its market
share from 9% to 26% over five years, while successfully steering the business through the global financial crisis.
Ben has received numerous industry accolades, including five British Mortgage Awards and four Mortgage Strategy Awards.
Maya Klein Wassink
Maya Klein Wassink is an experienced corporate finance and legal adviser with a background spanning investment banking,
capital markets, corporate governance and public company advisory. Maya is a qualified UK solicitor, having trained and
practised with Ashurst and Shearman & Sterling before serving as a Vice President in Merrill Lynch's Legal Department. She
has advised on complex transactions, stock market listings and major M&A deals. More recently, via her role at Perspective
Financial Services GmbH, she acts as an Adviser to Alfred Henry Corporate Finance Ltd, where she has helped growth
companies manage their stock market quotations, corporate governance, board composition and ongoing public market
obligations, supporting numerous businesses across sectors including financial services and property.
Maya also has over 25 years' experience in residential property development in the UK and Switzerland.
Simon Jackson
Simon Jackson is an experienced public company executive and chartered accountant with over 35 years' experience leading
listed wealth management, financial services and professional services businesses. Having served as CEO, CFO and Director
across a number of FCA-authorised and regulated organisations, including WH Ireland Group plc and Brooks Macdonald
Group plc, he has extensive expertise in corporate finance, governance, M&A, regulatory oversight and business
transformation. Simon played a key role at Brooks Macdonald over the period when it grew from a £13 million AIM-quoted
business to a wealth management group valued at more than £300 million. Simon is currently an independent director of
Bournemouth University and a member of its audit, risk and governance committee.
Amanda Bower
Amanda Bower joined RentGuarantor in 2025 as Business Compliance Manager. She is a senior operations, compliance and
customer experience leader with over 20 years' experience across financial services, regulated contact centres and
operational governance environments. She has a track record in leading operational transformation, compliance oversight,
customer experience improvement and high-performing service functions across private, regulated and not-for-profit
sectors.
The following information is disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Ben Thompson's full name is Benjamin David Thompson. Ben is aged 57 and holds 49,791 ordinary shares of 10p each in the
Company ("Ordinary Shares"). His current and past directorships and partnerships held within the five years prior to the date
of this announcement are as follows:
Current directorships and partnerships Past directorships and partnerships
HomeOwners Alliance Ltd Vita Financial Limited
Aux Group Limited
Auxilium Partnership Limited
BPR Protect Limited
Company Protection Limited
Fluent Bridging Limited
Fluent Money Limited
The Fluent Money Group Limited
Fluent Loans Limited
Fluent Lifetime Limited
Fluent Mortgages Limited
Sort Group Limited
First Mortgages Limited
First Mortgage Limited
First Mortgage Shop Limited
Fresh Start Finance Limited
Talk Limited
Mortgage Talk (Partnership) Limited
UK Moneyman Limited
MAB1 Limited
Loan Talk Limited
Evolve FS Ltd
William Lowden & Associates Limited
Meridian Mortgages Limited
Cornerstone Financial Group Limited
First Finance Group Ltd
Heron Financial Limited
Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) PLC
Capital Protect Limited
Mortgage Advice Bureau (Derby) Limited
Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited
L&P 134 Limited
L&P 137 Limited
MAB Private Finance Ltd
MAB (Derby) Limited
Financial Talk Limited
Mortgage Talk Ltd
Survey Talk Limited
Mortgage Advice Bureau (UK) Limited
MAB Financial Planning Limited
Mortgage Advice Bureau (Bristol) Ltd
Fluent Mortgage Holdings Limited
Property Law Centre Limited
First Mortgage Direct Limited
Lucra Mortgages Limited
UKMM Limited
UK Specialist Finance Limited
Evolve Mortgages Limited
Evolve Specialist Lending Solutions Ltd
Metro Finance Brokers Limited
Meridian Holdings Group Ltd
Meridian (Leicester) Limited
First Finance Commercial Ltd
M & R FM Ltd
Project Finland Bidco Limited
Project Finland Topco Limited
Fluent Mortgages Horwich Ltd
Maya (also known as Maja) Klein Wassink's full name is Maja Suzanne Klein Wassink (nee Hobbins). Maya is aged 55 and
holds 22,471 Ordinary Shares. Her current and past directorships and partnerships held within the five years prior to the date
of this announcement are as follows:
Current directorships and partnerships Past directorships and partnerships
Perspective Financial Services GmbH MKW Legal Ltd
MKW Advisors Ltd
Simon Jackson's full name is Simon James Jackson. He is aged 67 and holds 26,500 Ordinary Shares. His current and past
directorships and partnerships held within the five years prior to the date of this announcement are as follows:
Current directorships and partnerships Past directorships and partnerships
15-17 Redchurch Street London Limited
Harpsden Wealth Management Limited
W H Ireland Limited
W.H. Ireland Group plc
Fitel Nominees Limited
Readycount Limited
W.H. Ireland Trustee Limited
W H Ireland Nominees Limited
A.R.E. Business & Professional Limited
Stockholm Investments Ltd
S.R.S. Business & Professional Limited
W.H. Ireland (Financial Services) Limited
Amanda Bower's full married name is Amanda Jane Bower (nee Darkin). She is aged 54, and has a joint holding of 20,000
Ordinary Shares and has not held any directorships or partnerships in the past five years.
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To engage with this announcement on our Investor Hub, please use the following link:
https://investorhub.rentguarantor.com/link/rAoNky
For more information, please contact:
RentGuarantor Holdings PLC
Paul Foy, Chief Executive Officer
+44 207 193 4418
Kam Bansil / Ian Mitchell, Investor Relations
+44 207 039 1901
Allenby Capital Limited
AIM Nominated Adviser
Alex Brearley / Nick Harriss / Ashur Joseph (Corporate
Finance)
+44 20 3328 5656
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
Joint Broker
Stephen Keys / Callum Davidson
(Corporate Finance)
Michael Johnson / Dale Bellis
(Sales)
+44 20 7220 0500
Shore Capital
Joint Broker
Oliver Jackson / James Thomas / Ansh Batura
+44 207 7408 4090
BlytheRay
Financial PR
Megan Ray / Will Jones
+44 207 138 3204
rentguarantor@blytheray.com
About RentGuarantor
RentGuarantor provides a rent guarantee service to tenants wishing to rent property in the UK1
(currently excluding
Northern Ireland) from the Private Rental Sector ("PRS"). It is an online service where applications are managed on a secure
and bespoke digital platform designed and built by the Company. The goal is to make the process as simple as possible, with
applications only taking a few minutes and RentGuarantor seeking to complete the application on the same day.
1 Currently excluding Northern Ireland.
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