Appointment of Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 3192G

Gresham House PLC

01 March 2018

 

Gresham House Plc

(AIM: GHE)

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Gresham House Plc ("Gresham House" or the "Company"), the specialist alternative asset manager, announces that Rachel Beagles will join the Company's Board as a Non-Executive Director effective 1 March 2018.

Rachel joins with a wealth of investment industry experience, and was recently appointed Chairman of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). She is also Chairman of Securities Trust of Scotland plc (STS) and of NewlonBuild Ltd, a social housing provider, and also sits on the board of BlackRock Emerging Europe plc (BEEP) and Aberdeen New India Investment Trust plc (ANII). Prior to these appointments Rachel was Vice-Chairman of Newlon Housing Trust, and spent ten years as non-executive director of Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund plc (SCP) between 2006 and 2016, and four years as a managing director at Deutsche Bank Securities.

Anthony Townsend, Chairman of Gresham House, said: "I am very pleased to welcome Rachel to the Gresham House Board. Her wealth of experience and investment industry prowess will be invaluable to the Group. As we take Gresham House into its next stage of growth, the Board will have a significant role to play in the development of the business and I believe that Rachel is an ideal candidate to support the current management team as they seek to enhance the creation of shareholder and client value in 2018."

Appendix: disclosures required pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies

Rachel Anne Beagles (aged 50), is currently and has in the past 5 years been a director of the following companies:

Current Directorships	Previous Directorships
BlackRock Emerging Europe plc	Crown Place VCT Plc
Securities Trust of Scotland Plc	Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund Plc
Newlonbuild Limited
Aberdeen New India Investment Trust Plc
The Association of Investment Companies
AIC Information Services Limited

Save as set out above, there are no further matters to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Enquiries: 

Gresham House plc Anthony (Tony) Dalwood	[phone]
Liberum Capital Ltd Neil Elliot Jill Li	[phone]
Montfort Communications Gay Collins Toto Reissland-Burghart	[e-mail] [phone]

 

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