28 April 2015
AGM Update and Board Appointments
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For more information please contact:
Finsbury | Alliance Trust | |
Conor McClafferty / Michael Turner | Evan Bruce-Gardyne, Director of Investor Relations | |
020 7251 3801 | 01382 321169 | |
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Notes to editors
Alliance Trust PLC is a self-managed investment company with investment trust status. It is one of the largest generalist UK investment trusts by market value on the London Stock Exchange.
Anthony Brooke is a prominent former executive in financial services. During his time at BZW and Warburg he gained extensive experience in international capital markets where he advised companies and governments in the UK, US and Australasia. Subsequently, he was a partner of a fund-of-funds firm during a phase of significant growth in its assets. Mr Brooke is an experienced non-executive director of public and private companies and is a trustee of organisations in the educational and arts sectors and an advisor to a number of major endowments.
Rory Macnamara is a distinguished former senior corporate finance professional, with a reputation as a trusted advisor to dozens of boards and executives of renowned companies and governments in the UK and overseas. Subsequent to his executive career at Morgan Grenfell and other firms, he has served as Chairman or director of a number of public and private companies in a broad range of sectors. Mr Macnamara has served on the boards of several investment trusts, and is currently Chairman of a successful investment trust in the UK equity income sector. He has contributed to several charities in the educational sector and in support of disabled children.