Sangita Shah and Mark Taylor to take up leadership roles at the public markets champion from autumn 2025
Friday 11 July
The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) today announces the appointment of Sangita Shah and Mark Taylor as the new Chair and Deputy Chair of its Board from autumn 2025.
The organisation champions the UK’s 1,000+ small and mid-sized publicly traded businesses and their advisers with government, regulators and in the media. It is a prominent advocate of liquid, efficient capital markets that enable companies to fulfil their growth potential.
Sangita Shah is a seasoned company director and qualified accountant. Mark Taylor is a senior corporate lawyer specialising in UK securities law. Both joined the QCA Board in 2020 and are strong advocates for growth companies trading on AIM, the Main Market and the Aquis Stock Exchange.
Following a process led by the QCA’s Nomination Committee, their appointment was approved this week at a meeting of the QCA Board. They respectively succeed Judith MacKenzie and Claire Noyce, who have served in the roles since 2022 and 2019.
Sangita and Mark will formally take up their roles at the QCA AGM on November 6 and serve a three-year term. They will work alongside the QCA’s Chief Executive, James Ashton, as well as Gervais Williams, the renowned small-cap fund manager, who remains QCA President.
Sangita Shah said: “It is a huge personal privilege to take up the mantle from Judith as QCA Chair. Under her able aegis, the QCA has made significant strides for our members in critical areas. Both Judith and Claire have been critical assets to the QCA, working assiduously over their tenure, for which they have my eternal gratitude.
“My intention is to amplify and promulgate the clarion call for support of growth companies, their advisors and investors. We want London to become the undisputed capital of growth capital for quoted stock. There is so much still to be accomplished and no room for complacency.
“Having served on numerous quoted boards and contributed as a member of the QCA AIM Commission. I am acutely alive to the continued challenges we face. Along with Mark, who I am delighted to be working with, we will support James and the team in continuing to battle fiercely so that quoted companies can thrive.”
Mark Taylor said: “I am hugely grateful to the Board for nominating me as Deputy Chair of the QCA. I feel privileged to be able to use my experience gained as an adviser, existing member of the Board and Legal Expert Group Chair to promote the QCA’s mission of supporting and representing the interests of companies on our public markets.
“This is an exciting time: the process of rewriting the rulebooks to ease the regulatory burden on issuers is ongoing, steps are being taken to promote a less risk adverse investment culture and initiatives are being pursued to encourage capital inflows into the market. I look forward immensely to working with James and his hardworking and experienced team and to supporting Sangita in her new role as QCA Chair.”
James Ashton, QCA CEO, added: “I’m delighted that Sangita and Mark are taking on these vital leadership roles for the QCA. I’ve got to know them well in the three years I have been at the organisation, and their dedication to supporting growing public companies is clear.
“This is an important time to ensure the reforms and fresh ideas for small and midcap stocks are put to good use. I look forward to benefiting from their wise counsel and challenge.
“I would also like to pay tribute to Judith and Claire’s dedication over the last three years. They are powerful advocates for the QCA’s mission and have worked tirelessly, encouraging the whole team to excel.”
Sangita Shah
Sangita is a seasoned director, having served on various PLC boards across diverse industries. She is currently Interim Non-Executive Chair of Inspired PLC, Non-Executive Chair of Nasdaq-listed Forward Industries Inc., Chair of the Windsor Leadership Programmes, Trustee of Willow Foundation, and serves as Investor Director for a handful of privately owned companies.
Her previous appointments include Non-Executive Chair of AIM-traded Kinovo PLC, RA International PLC, and Board Director of Ten Entertainment Group PLC.
As a full-time director, she has held several senior roles within blue-chip organisations, including Unilever, Mars, Ernst & Young and KPMG. She is also a former Board Director of Swindon Town FC, the Commonwealth Business Council, Trustee of Care International and a past President of the Chartered Institute of Journalists. She has consulted for a number of organisations, including HM Cabinet Office and HSBC.
Sangita is a qualified accountant and a frequent keynote Chair and speaker at forums for the Windsor Leadership Trust and, in the past, the European Parliament.
Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor is a corporate partner in the London Office of Dorsey & Whitney, specialising in UK securities law and public and private acquisitions and disposals. He has advised banks and issuers on over 60 IPOs and secondary issues (placings, open offers and rights issues) both on AIM and on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
Mark is an active ambassador for the UK’s public markets and, in his capacity as Chair of the QCA’s Legal Expert Group, he has contributed to numerous government consultations on the legal and regulatory environment in which quoted companies operate.
For further information, please contact:
Ruby Halabi
Communications Officer, The Quoted Companies Alliance
E: ruby.halabi@theqca.com
T: 020 7397 8140
