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Elections for the Ashurst global board have now been completed and the firm has announced the election of eight new board members.

The new members are:

• Peter Armitage, Competition, Sydney
• Simon Beddow, Corporate, London
• Cristina Calvo, Real Estate, Madrid
• Roger Davies, Corporate, Perth
• Reinhard Eyring, Corporate, Frankfurt
• Robert Ogilvy Watson, Corporate, Hong Kong
• Mark Vickers, Banking, London
• Ian Williams, Corporate, Sydney

The Board also comprises Chair Ben Tidswell, Vice Chair Mary Padbury, Managing Partner James Collis, CFO Brian Dunlop and Independent Board Members Robert Gillespie and David Turner.

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