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Don Hammond

Company Secretary

Don Hammond is the AML Company Secretary and provides support to the Board. He is an experienced businessman, who has worked within both the private and public sector. He worked in industry before studying at Manchester Business School. After completing his studies, he joined Citibank and then a small London merchant bank.

After 14 years in the City, Don set up a small regional bank in the mid 1980's raising venture capital from various institutions. This merged with a Regional firm of stockbrokers in 1988. After a period as Director of the Corporate Finance team, he became a business angel and now has investments in a number of emerging companies. Don was also the Chairman of Halton Hospital and then later the Cheshire Community Trusts for the National Health Service.