Co-founder and Managing Partner of PR agency Frank, Andrew Bloch, has announced that he is stepping down from his day-to-day role. From 18 May Andrew will become a non-executive director of the company in the culmination of Frank's succession planning strategy.  

Andrew, who set up Frank in 2000, said: "As Frank entered its 20th year, I felt the time was right to stand down from my executive role at Frank at pursue other interests. I will remain a shareholder and will be taking on a different role at Frank as non-executive director. This will free me up from the day-to-day agency responsibilities and will allow me to explore new opportunities both inside and outside the PR world. I already have a number of investments in various businesses and plan to spend more time on these as well as getting involved in exciting new projects that I haven't previously been able to pursue whilst working full-time at Frank. I will also continue to advise Lord Sugar and his associated companies as personal clients."