Katya Maclean appointed interim Guardian CEO

Simon Davis, CEO, has taken an extended sabbatical for personal reasons and Guardian FS has made a raft of people changes that will see 12 members of staff made redundant alongside a small number of consultation roles. As a result, chief operations officer Katya Maclean has been appointed interim chief executive officer, while Peter Mann will take on the role of executive chairman. The protection insurer, which launched at the end of last summer, said that high demand from a number of "major...