Sky News has learnt that St James's Place, the FTSE-100 group which oversees more than ￡150bn of client assets, has kicked off a search to replace Andrew Croft.

據(jù)Sky News 報(bào)道,，管理著超過1500億英鎊客戶資產(chǎn)的富時(shí)100指數(shù)集團(tuán)圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)已經(jīng)開始物色執(zhí)行長(zhǎng)安德魯·克羅夫特的替代者。

City sources said on Saturday that the company was working with Russell Reynolds Associates, the headhunter, on the search.

周六（5月27日）,，城市方面表示,，就尋找安德魯·克羅夫特的替代人選，正圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)公司正在與獵頭公司Russell Reynolds Associates開展合作,。

Mr Croft has worked for St James's Place since 1993, and served as its finance chief between 2004 and 2017.

自1993年以來,，安德魯·克羅夫特一直為圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)公司工作，他在2004至2017年期間,，擔(dān)任公司公司的首席財(cái)務(wù)官,。

He took over as chief executive in 2018.

安德魯·克羅夫特于2018年接任執(zhí)行長(zhǎng)一職。

A source close to the company said there was "no rush" to find a new CEO, and hinted that a transition to a successor could take more than a year.

一位接近該公司的消息人士表示,，圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)公司“并不急于”尋找新執(zhí)行長(zhǎng),，并暗示過渡到繼任者可能需要大約一年時(shí)間。

St James's Place caters to affluent clients, with thousands of financial advisers known as partners at the firm managing ￡153bn in assets.

迎合富?？蛻舻男枨?，圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)公司擁有數(shù)千名被稱為合伙人的財(cái)務(wù)顧問,，管理1530億英鎊的資產(chǎn)。

The company has faced questions about its recent performance, with Mr Croft describing recent quarterly net inflows as a "good" outcome but many analysts taking a different view.

圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)公司的近期業(yè)績(jī)面臨質(zhì)疑,，執(zhí)行長(zhǎng)克羅夫特將最近的季度資金凈流入描述為“良好”結(jié)果,，不過，許多分析師卻持有不同的觀點(diǎn),。

It warned this year that it would miss a key expenses growth target.

圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)公司警告,，今年，無法實(shí)現(xiàn)關(guān)鍵的支出增長(zhǎng)的目標(biāo),。

In 2019, St James's Place became embroiled in a row about partners' pay and perks, with benefits including cruise holidays and jewellery awarded to high-performing partners.

2019年,，該公司卷入了合作伙伴的薪酬和津貼爭(zhēng)端，包括獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)表現(xiàn)出色的合作伙伴游輪假期和珠寶等福利,。

The regime was scrapped following a review aimed at encouraging "the right behaviours" amid concerns that partners were effectively being incentivised to mis-sell to customers.

由于擔(dān)心合作伙伴實(shí)際上被激勵(lì)向客戶不當(dāng)銷售,，該制度在旨在鼓勵(lì)“正確行為”的審查之后被廢除。

News of the prospective change in leadership at St James's Place comes ahead of the introduction of a new consumer duty supervised by the Financial Conduct Authority.

圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層可能發(fā)生變動(dòng)的消息,，是在引入由英國金融行為監(jiān)管局監(jiān)管的新消費(fèi)者責(zé)任之前發(fā)布的,。

Paul Manduca, the City grandee who chairs St James's Place and previously led Prudential, will oversee the hunt for Mr Croft's successor.

保羅·曼杜卡，是圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)公司的董事長(zhǎng),，此前曾擔(dān)任英國保誠集團(tuán)董事長(zhǎng),，他將負(fù)責(zé)尋找克羅夫特的繼任者。

The company suffered a revolt this month at its annual meeting when more than 20% of shareholders voted against its remuneration report.

本月,，該公司在其年會(huì)上遭遇了一場(chǎng)抗議,，當(dāng)時(shí)，超過20%的股東投票反對(duì)其薪酬報(bào)告,。

Mr Croft was paid a total package for last year of just over ￡3m, with some investors irritated that he received long-term awards linked to its depressed share price during the pandemic.

去年,，克羅夫特的總薪酬略高于300萬英鎊，而一些投資者則對(duì)他獲得與大流行期間低迷股價(jià)相關(guān)的長(zhǎng)期獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)而感到惱火,。

A St James's Place spokesman said this weekend: "As part of long-term succession planning, the Board has regular dialogue with search firms to assess and monitor the market.

該公司的一名發(fā)言人周末表示,，“作為長(zhǎng)期繼任計(jì)劃的一部分，為評(píng)估和監(jiān)控市場(chǎng),，董事會(huì)已經(jīng)定期與顧問公司對(duì)話,。”

"This is in line with best practice corporate governance."

“這符合公司管理的最佳做法,?！?/span>

Shares in St James's Place closed on Friday up 7.5p at 1112.5p, giving the company a market value of ￡6.1bn.

圣詹姆斯廣場(chǎng)公司的股票在周五收盤上漲7.5便士至1112.5便士，使該公司的市值達(dá)到61億英鎊,。

The stock has slipped 11% during the last 12 months.

在過去的12個(gè)月,，該股已經(jīng)下跌11%。