Directorate change

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

07 September 2026

 

7 September 2026

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300OXX7YE1947B825

Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")

Appointment of Non-Executive Directors

Polar Capital Holdings PLC ("the Company") is pleased to announce the following additions to the Board of Directors.

Following the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company to be held on 24 September 2026, Ms Fiona Fry and Mr David Melvin will be appointed as non-executive Directors of the Company. 

In addition to the appointments, Ms Win Robbins will not be standing for re-election at the AGM and will step down as non-executive Director, having served on the Board since 22 June 2017. Ms Robbins has completed a full nine-year term. Andrew Ross, a current non-executive director, will succeed Win as chair of the Remuneration Committee.

Fiona Fry

Fiona graduated from Aston University in Managerial and Administrative Studies before qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1985. She has held several senior executive roles with accounting and regulatory bodies, including serving as Head of Investigations at the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation and the Financials Services Authority. She subsequently focussed on audit and risk at KPMG and completed her executive career at Aviva Plc as Director of Regulatory Affairs.

Fiona brings to the Board extensive non-executive experience and deep expertise in compliance, risk and navigation of regulatory challenges. Fiona is currently a non-executive director of Revolut Bank UK Limited, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Risk and Conduct Committee at AJ Bell Plc, and non-executive director and Chair of the Risk Committee at Aviva Insurance Ltd.

Fiona will succeed Alexa Coates as Chair of the Company's Audit and Risk Committee in the new year, after a transitional handover period.

David Melvin

David graduated from the University of Cambridge in economics before qualifying as a chartered accountant. He joins the Board having senior advisory and executive roles across corporate finance, transactions, investment banking and strategy, including several cross-border assignments. David also has significant experience advising listed alternative investment businesses across public and private structures and carries a strong understanding of governance and stakeholder management.

David brings to the Board an entrepreneurial spirit, a commercial and strategic mindset and an in-depth understanding of business risk and investment decision-making.

David is currently non-executive director and chair of the Audit Committee at Baronsmead Venture Trust PLC, and President and Director of HBA Media Ltd. He is also an executive principal investor for 24 Haymarket Private Capital Limited.

David Lamb, Chair, commented "We are delighted that both Fiona and David have agreed to join the Polar Capital Board. Their extensive experience, insight and business judgement, across complementary business backgrounds will further strengthen the Board. I look forward to working with them in the years ahead."

Statutory Disclosure

A full list of Fiona's current directorships and those held during the last five years are listed below.

Current Directorships (as at 7 September 2026)

Revolut Bank UK Ltd

Aviva Insurance Limited

A J Bell Plc

Past Directorships (in the last five years)

None

At the date of appointment, Fiona has no interest in the share capital of the Company. Fiona Christina Fry's previous surname was Roche and at the date of appointment she is aged 67.

A full list of David's current directorships and those held during the last five years are listed below.

Current Directorships (as at 7 September 2026)

Baronsmead Venture Trust Plc

HBA Media Limited

Past Directorships (in the last five years)

Pantheon International Plc (resigned 16 October 2024)

At the date of appointment, David has no interest in the share capital of the Company. David Logan Melvin has no previous names and at the date of appointment is aged 66.

Save as disclosed above, there are no further disclosures required to be made in respect of the appointments of Fiona Fry and David Melvin under Schedule 2, Part One (g) or Rule 17 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Enquiries:

Polar Capital Holdings PLC Tracey Lago, FCG (Group Company Secretary)	[phone]
Deutsche Numis - Nomad and Joint Broker Charles Farquhar / Duncan Monteith / Rajesh Iyer	[phone]

 

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