Protection challenger Guardian has promoted Katya MacLean to interim CEO to cover for CEO Simon Davis who is stepping down temporarily for personal reasons.

Ross McEwan, 61, is to stand down as chief executive and executive director of Royal Bank of Scotland group after more than five years in the role.

Andy Briggs, Aviva’s UK Insurance CEO, is to step down following the recent appointment of Maurice Tulloch as Aviva’s CEO.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Rowan Dartington, part of St James’s Place, has hired David Hobbs, managing director at Aegon Investments, as its new CEO subject to regulatory approval.