Directorate Change

RNS Number : 5690N

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Ld

09 September 2013

 



Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Limited ("the Fund")

Directorate change

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11R, the Board announces that Dr Geng Xiao will resign from his position as non-executive Director with effect from 30^th October 2013.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.13R, the Board is pleased to announce the proposed appointment of Mr Sujit Banerji as a non-executive Director effective from the Fund's forthcoming Annual General Meeting on 31^st October 2013, subject to shareholder approval.

Sujit Banerji acts as an independent advisor on corporate strategy to a number of companies in the finance, and finance-related technology, sectors globally. In 2009 he completed a 33-year career at Citigroup where he had been a Managing Director since 1996, latterly serving as Head of Strategy and Institutional M&A for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His career at Citi covered a number of regional roles including strategy and corporate finance, and relationships with multinational clients across the MENA region. He has also served as the country and region head for Citi in India, and as the head of the corporate business in Thailand. An Indian national, over the course of his career he has been based in India, Bangladesh and Thailand as well as in Europe, and is currently based in Singapore. He was educated at the University of Poona (Pune) and the University of Bombay (Mumbai).

For further information, please contact:

John Mayne / William Simmonds - 020 7588 2828

JP Morgan Cazenove

Coen Teulings (Chairman) - 020 7201 7200

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Limited

Jonathan Snow - 020 7201 7200

Genesis Investment Management, LLP

JPM Administration Services (CI) Limited - 01481 758 620

Company Secretary

9^th September 2013

 

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