19 May 2023
EUROPEAN ASSETS TRUST PLC
LEI: 213800N61H8P3Z4I8726
Directorate Changes
European Assets Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that as part of an orderly succession plan, Kevin Troup has today been appointed to the Board and its committees.
Kevin Troup is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He has worked in the fund management industry since 1995 with senior investment roles at Scottish Life, Martin Currie and Standard Life Investments. He is now a non-executive director at Baring Fund Managers Limited, TPI Fund Managers Limited and at Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC. His other appointments include Chair of the Risk, Audit and Compliance Committee at the BT Pension Scheme Management Limited and a charity Trustee at The Robertson Trust.
As announced previously, the Company's Chairman, Jack Perry, will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting. Upon his retirement Stuart Paterson, the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, who was appointed to the Board in July 2019, will become Chairman.
Following Jack Perry's retirement and Stuart Paterson's assumption of the Chairmanship, Kevin Troup will be appointed Chair of the Company's Audit and Risk Committee.
Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:
Scott McEllen
For and on behalf of Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited, Secretary
Telephone: 0131 573 8300
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
