Directorate Change

RNS Number : 1276A

Schroder UK Mid & Small Cap Fd PLC

26 January 2011

 



26 January 2011

Directorate Changes

The Board of Schroder UK Mid & Small Cap Fund plc (the Company") is pleased to announce that two new Directors of the Company, Mr Robert Rickman and Mr Eric Sanderson, have been elected at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 26 January 2011.

Mr Robert Rickman, aged 53, is a founding partner of the Rockley Group, making and managing technology based investments worldwide and particularly in China. He is an independent non-executive director of AIM-listed Cambium Global Timberlands Ltd and of the Close Brothers trading companies. From 2001 until 2007 he was a Director and latterly Chairman of the AIM-listed Highland Timber PLC. Mr Rickman was a director of telecoms and datacoms equipment manufacturer Bookham Technology PLC from 1994 to 2004, during which time the company was listed on the LSE and NASDAQ. He is currently chairman of the property and finance committee of Modern Art Oxford.

Mr Eric Sanderson, aged 59, is a Chartered Accountant and a Banker and was Chief Executive of British Linen Bank from 1989 to 1998 and a member of the Management Board of Bank of Scotland in his role as Head of Group Treasury Operations from 1997 to 1999. He was also formerly Chairman of MyTravel Group PLC and of Dunedin Fund Managers Limited and has held a number of non-executive Board positions. He is presently Chairman of MWB Group Holdings PLC, Chairman of the Court of The University of Dundee and a non-executive director of First Milk Limited, where he is also Chairman of the Audit Committee.

It is confirmed that there are no other details to be disclosed concerning Mr Rickman and Mr Sanderson under Listing Rule 9.6.13 R.

Also as part of the refreshment of the Board, Mr Malcolm Coubrough retired as a Director of the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 26 January 2011 and did not seek re-election. The Directors extend their gratitude for the invaluable contribution that Malcolm has made to the success of the Company over the last 13 years.

Enquiries:

Louise Richard

Schroder Investment Management Limited                                           

Tel: [phone]

 

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