Mark Fetting departs Legg Mason

chief-executive/chairman/

14 September 2012
| By Staff |
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Legg Mason chairman and chief executive Mark Fetting has made the decision to step down after five years in the top job.

During his tenure, he led the company through a challenging period for global financial markets, reducing the firm's cost structure and improving its liquidity, Legg Mason stated.

Joseph Sullivan has been appointed interim chief executive and Allen Reed - Legg Mason's lead independent director - will assume the non-executive chairman role while the board searches for Fetting's replacement.

Fetting's departure does not change the company's current "corporate structure or our relationships with its affiliates", Legg Mason stated.

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