Egg has appointed in-house lawyer Adrian Hockridge as its new head of legal, replacing Marcus Ezekiel, who was made redundant by the online banking provider earlier this year.

Hockridge started in the role at the beginning of the summer and will report to chief risk officer Paul De Hoest. The appointment comes after Ezekiel, the group’s chief legal officer and company secretary, left the company in May following a decision by the FTSE 250 bank to embark on a restructuring exercise in the wake of its withdrawal from the French market.