22 February 2021

Frenkel Topping Group plc

("Frenkel Topping", the "Company" or the "Group")

Directorate Change

Frenkel Topping (AIM: FEN), the specialist independent financial advisor and asset manager focused on asset protection for vulnerable clients, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Zoe Holland as a Non-executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Mrs Holland has over 25 years' legal and business experience and is currently managing director of ZebraLC, a multi award winning adviser to the UK legal sector, having founded the business in 2012. Mrs Holland is recognised as a trusted advisor to law firms, banks, funders, ATE insurers, accountants and private investors looking for advice upon WIP valuation, legal sector market knowledge, receivables risks, governance, financial and operational risk management including restructuring and turnaround. She has also advised in a number of the legal sector's highest profile PI and clinical negligence M&A deals, advising acquisitive law firms and private equity investors.

Prior to ZebraLC Mrs Holland served as Interim CEO of AMS LLP originally contracted as a consultant. Mrs Holland began her legal career at specialist clinical negligence firm Alexander Harris LLP and in her early career assisted in the Shipman Inquiry and the Myodil Litigation against GLAXO. She  went on to head a team managing catastrophic injury and mismanaged birth claims. She them moved in in the same role at Irwin Mitchell LLP. Mrs Holland is a trained solicitor having trained at the University of Manchester and the College of Law.

Richard Fraser, Chief Executive Officer of Frenkel Topping, said:

"The Board is delighted to welcome Zoe to the Group, she brings a wealth of relevant legal and business experience and we look forward to working with her as we continue to execute our growth strategy and consolidation of the PI and Clinical Negligence marketplace."

For further information: 

The following information is disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in connection with the appointment of Zoe Holland to the Board of the Company as a Non-executive Director:

Full name: Zoe Branka Holland

Age: 48 years

As at the date of this announcement Zoe holds no ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the capital of the Company.

Directorships/Partnerships:

About Frenkel Topping Group: 

The financial services firm consists of Frenkel Topping Limited, Ascencia Investment Management, Obiter Wealth Management, Equatas Accountants and Forth Associates.

The group of companies specialises in providing financial advice and asset protection services to clients at times of financial vulnerability, with particular expertise in the field of personal injury and clinical negligence.

With more than 30 years' experience in the industry, Frenkel Topping has earned a reputation for commercial astuteness underpinned by a strong moral obligation to its clients, employees and wider society, with a continued focus on its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impact.

Through its core business, Frenkel Topping Limited, the firm supports litigators pre-settlement in achieving maximum damages, by providing expert witness services, and post-settlement to achieve the best long-term financial outcomes for clients after injury. It boasts a client retention rate of 99%.

The Group's discretionary fund manager, Ascencia, provides financial portfolios for clients in unique circumstances. In recent years Ascencia has diversified its portfolios to include a Sharia-law-compliant portfolio and a number of ESG portfolios in response to increased interest in socially responsible investing (SRI).

Obiter provides a generalist wealth management service - including advice on Savings and Investments; Tax planning; Life Insurance; Critical Illness and Income protection; Endowment advice and Keyman Insurance, with a particular specialism in financial advice on pensions and pension sharing orders for the clients of divorce and family lawyers. Obiter applies the same core principles of honesty, transparency, responsibility and reliability to individuals, regardless of background or situation.

In 2019, Frenkel Topping launched its accountancy arm, Equatas, to assist clients with tax planning and move closer to providing a full end-to-end service under the Group brand, improving the experience for clients and maintaining the Group's standards throughout the client journey.

In 2020 Frenkel Topping acquired Forth Associates, a specialist forensic accounting services business which assists in financial and legal disputes. The acquisition makes Frenkel Topping the largest independent provider of financial expert witness reports to the claimant marketplace.

In 2021 Frenkel Topping acquired A & M Bacon Limited a leading costs specialist in local government and Court of Protection, and Partners in Costs Limited who specialise in civil litigation claims, including personal injury (ranging from catastrophic injury to clinical negligence), professional negligence, commercial claims and court of protection costs.

For more information visit: www.frenkeltopping.co.uk