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Adaptive Financial Consulting Bolsters Board with Two Non-Executive Directors

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Adaptive Financial Consulting has announced the appointment of two Non-Executive Directors, Dr Stephen Norman and John O’Hara, to its Board. Dr Norman, who brings two decades of capital markets experience and has held senior roles at RBS Global Banking and Merrill Lynch, will succeed Janhavi Dadarkar as Chair of the Board.

John O’Hara, a co-founder and former CEO of Taskize, has extensive banking technology experience, having held senior roles at JPMorgan, Bank of America, RBS International Bank, and BP Energy Trading. The appointments follow a period of rapid expansion for Adaptive Financial Consulting, including key company hires and a significant increase in headcount.

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