Directorate Change

RNS Number : 9748K

British Empire Trust PLC

19 December 2018

 

BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

British Empire Trust plc ("the Company") is delighted to announce that Graham Kitchen has been appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 January 2019.

Graham Kitchen was Global Head of Equities at Janus Henderson Investors until March 2018, having joined in 2005.  He was at Threadneedle Investments before that, having previously spent 13 years at Invesco as a UK Fund Manager and Co-Head of Investment.  Graham is a non-executive director of the Mercantile Investment Trust plc and of Invesco Perpetual Select Trust plc. He is also a non-executive director of Places for People, is Chair of the Investment Committee for the Cancer Research Pension Fund, and is a member of the Investment Committee of the charity Independent Age.

The Company confirms that there are no matters which are required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13 (2) to (6).

As previously announced, Steven Bates will retire as a non-executive Director of the Company following today's Annual General Meeting.

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19 December 2018

LEI: 213800QUODCLWWRVI968

 

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