3i Infrastructure plc announces the appointment of Ms Florence Pierre as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 September 2010.
Florence Pierre is an independent consultant with her own consultancy firm, Financière Action. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, she held several executive positions, which include Founder Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporate Finance Subsidiary of La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild in Paris, a private bank and asset management company, Founder and Chief Executive of Financière Concorde, an independent M&A advisory boutique firm where she continued to advise on privatisations and corporate deals. She then was named Chief Executive of the French branch of Degroof Corporate Finance, subsidiary of Bank Degroof, a leading Belgian private bank and a Director of Degroof Corporate Finance in Belgium. She has taught economics and finance at Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and she has published several books and articles on corporate valuation.
Peter Sedgwick, Chairman of 3i Infrastructure plc, said:
"We are delighted that Florence has agreed to join the Board of 3i Infrastructure plc. Her background and experience in European financial services will be invaluable to the Company."
There are no other matters to disclose in accordance with paragraph 9.6.13R of the FSA's Listing Rules.