Confirmation of Board Changes
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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:
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Past directorships and partnerships |
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HomeOwners Alliance Ltd |
Vita Financial Limited |
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Aux Group Limited |
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Auxilium Partnership Limited |
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BPR Protect Limited |
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Company Protection Limited |
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Fluent Bridging Limited |
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Fluent Money Limited |
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The Fluent Money Group Limited |
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Fluent Loans Limited |
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Fluent Lifetime Limited |
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Fluent Mortgages Limited |
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Sort Group Limited |
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First Mortgages Limited |
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First Mortgage Limited |
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First Mortgage Shop Limited |
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Fresh Start Finance Limited |
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Talk Limited |
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Mortgage Talk (Partnership) Limited |
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UK Moneyman Limited |
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MAB1 Limited |
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Loan Talk Limited |
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Evolve FS Ltd |
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William Lowden & Associates Limited |
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Meridian Mortgages Limited |
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Cornerstone Financial Group Limited |
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First Finance Group Ltd |
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Heron Financial Limited |
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Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) PLC |
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Capital Protect Limited |
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Mortgage Advice Bureau (Derby) Limited |
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Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited |
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L&P 134 Limited |
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L&P 137 Limited |
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MAB Private Finance Ltd |
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MAB (Derby) Limited |
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Financial Talk Limited |
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Mortgage Talk Ltd |
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Survey Talk Limited |
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Mortgage Advice Bureau (UK) Limited |
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MAB Financial Planning Limited |
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Mortgage Advice Bureau (Bristol) Ltd |
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Fluent Mortgage Holdings Limited |
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Property Law Centre Limited |
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First Mortgage Direct Limited |
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Lucra Mortgages Limited |
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UKMM Limited |
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UK Specialist Finance Limited |
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Evolve Mortgages Limited |
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Evolve Specialist Lending Solutions Ltd |
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Metro Finance Brokers Limited |
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Meridian Holdings Group Ltd |
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Meridian (Leicester) Limited |
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First Finance Commercial Ltd |
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M & R FM Ltd |
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Project Finland Bidco Limited |
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Project Finland Topco Limited |
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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:
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Current directorships and partnerships |
Past directorships and partnerships |
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Perspective Financial Services GmbH |
MKW Legal Ltd |
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MKW Advisors Ltd |
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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:
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Current directorships and partnerships |
Past directorships and partnerships |
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15-17 Redchurch Street London Limited |
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Harpsden Wealth Management Limited |
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W H Ireland Limited |
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W.H. Ireland Group plc |
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Fitel Nominees Limited |
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Readycount Limited |
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W.H. Ireland Trustee Limited |
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W H Ireland Nominees Limited |
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A.R.E. Business & Professional Limited |
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Stockholm Investments Ltd |
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S.R.S. Business & Professional Limited |
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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.
ENDS
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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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