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A new or departing CEO or executive chair, a CFO leaving with immediate effect, or a new strategy or turnaround plan.

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Date	Company	Mcap	Theme	What happened
12 Oct	Blencowe Resources BRES	£31m	Strategic change	Mike Ralston resigns as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect, continuing as...
	Earlier on this situation 12 Oct Executive Chairman Cameron Pearce resigned; Sam Quinn appointed Non-Executive Chairman, Iain Wearing appointed Executive Director.
12 Oct	Gunsynd GUN	£1.7m	Strategic change	Gunsynd to convert from AIM investing company to operating company focused on Barb...
9 Oct	SIG SHI	£108m	Strategic change	CFO named next CEO
	Why it matters On 9 October 2026 SIG announced that CFO Simon Kesterton will become CEO on 1 May 2027. CEO Pim Vervaat will then become non-executive Chair. A search for a new CFO has begun. Background The plan follows the July 2025 announcements (Vervaat CEO from October 2025, then Chair about 18 months later). Kesterton joined as CFO on 1 May 2026. Director dealing notices show he has bought about 2.43m shares since 12 May, most recently 400,000 on 2 October. What to watch The CFO successor announcement ("in due course"). Vision 2030 targets: at least £100m cash generation by end-2027 and £50m run-rate operating profit improvement by mid-2028. Market The last close, on 8 October, was 8.7p, before the announcement. No post-announcement price is available yet. Market cap is about £102.6m, against LTM revenue of £2,579.9m, operating profit of £3.2m and net debt of £208.3m (ex leases).
9 Oct	Oxford Metrics OMG	£37m	Strategic change	Stefan Lampa appointed CEO effective 1 December 2026, pending right to work confirmation.
	Earlier on this situation 7 Sep Stefan Lampa appointed CEO from early December 2026, replacing Imogen O'Connor who steps down for health reasons.
9 Oct	Pristine Capital PRIS	£0.7m	Strategic change	Proposed solvent restructuring involving £500,000 investment, creditor settlement,...