Directorate Change

Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. (the “Company”)

To:  PR Newswire

From:  Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c.

LEI:                 213800T2PJTPVF1UGW53

Date:    7 December 2020

Directorate Change

The Board of Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. is pleased to announce the appointment of Wendy Colquhoun as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 5 January 2021.

Ms Colquhoun is a qualified solicitor and was, until May 2020, a partner at international law firm CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP. She remains a consultant to the firm. She has advised investment trust boards for over 25 years on advisory and transaction matters and has a thorough understanding of investment trusts and the regulatory and other challenges they face. She is a non-executive director of Henderson Opportunities Trust plc and Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund plc, a director and chair of the risk and governance committee of Scottish Financial Enterprise and a trustee of the Stewart Ivory Financial Education Trust.

There is no further information required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13 in relation to this appointment. 

PATAC Limited
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