Mears Group PLC - Gloucester, England-based housing and social care provider - Appoints Jim Clarke as chair on a permanent basis. Clarke was promoted to interim chair on June 28 following the resignation of Chair-Designate Chris Loughlin. He joined Mears’s board in 2019. Company says Clarke has 30 years’ experience serving on various PLC boards and that he ‘will provide experience and continuity’. Clarke’s previous roles include group chief financial officer of Countrywide PLC from 2007 to 2017, and finance director & company secretary of JD Wetherspoon PLC from 1998 to 2007.

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