Confirmation of Board Changes
RentGuarantor Holdings PLC has announced significant board changes, appointing Ben Thompson, Maya Klein Wassink, and Simon Jackson as independent Non-Executive Directors, and Amanda Bower as an Executive Director and Chief People and Risk Officer. David Cliff has also transitioned to an Executive Director role as Director of Research and Innovation. Ben Thompson holds 49,791 ordinary shares, Maya Klein Wassink holds 22,471 ordinary shares, Simon Jackson holds 26,500 ordinary shares, and Amanda Bower has a joint holding of 20,000 ordinary shares. These appointments bring extensive experience in financial services, mortgage sectors, corporate finance, and public company leadership to the company.
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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.
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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