Alpha Pyrenees Trust Limited
21 September 2006
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21 September 2006
Alpha Pyrenees Trust Limited ('Alpha Pyrenees' or the 'Company')
Director's Announcement
The Company announces in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14, that on 21
September 2006, Serena Tremlett, a Director of the Company, has resigned from
the Board of The Medical Property Investment Fund Limited.
For further information please contact:
Phillip Rose, CEO, Alpha Real Capital 020 7591 1609
John O'Malley, Kinmont 020 7493 8488
Notes:
ABOUT ALPHA REAL CAPITAL
Alpha Real Capital is a value-adding international property funds management
group with operations in both the French and Spanish real estate markets. Alpha
Real Capital was established by Phillip Rose and Sir John Beckwith.
Phillip Rose has 25 years' experience in the real estate, funds management and
banking industries in Europe, the USA and Australasia. He has been Head of Real
Estate for ABN AMRO Bank, Chief Operating Officer of European shopping centre
investor and developer TrizecHahn Europe (where he was responsible for a €1
billion European investment and development programme from 1999-2000), Managing
Director of Lend Lease Global Investment where, during his tenure from 1994 to
1999, he was responsible for managing European property investments and
Executive Manager of listed fund General Property Trust. He is currently a
non-executive director of Great Portland Estates and a member of the Management
Committee of the Hermes Property Unit Trust.
Sir John Beckwith has been involved in property investment and other investment
for his entire working life. He founded London & Edinburgh Trust PLC ('LET') in
1971 where he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and developed it into one
of the top ten listed real estate companies in the UK. Following the sale of
LET, he established Pacific Investments through which he founded a number of
successful asset management businesses, including Liontrust Asset Management and
Thames River Capital.
Alpha Real Capital is the Investment Manager to Alpha Pyrenees. Alpha Real
Capital's European Funds Director, Paul Cable, is Fund Manager, Alpha Pyrenees
Trust. Paul Cable has 25 years experience in the real estate and banking
industries in the UK, Europe and the Far East and has been responsible for Sir
John Beckwith's property investment activities in France and Spain for the last
six years. Further information is available at www.alpharealcapital.com
including contact details for Alpha Real Capital's UK, French and Spanish
offices.
ABOUT ALPHA PYRENEES
Alpha Pyrenees is a Guernsey registered closed-ended investment company
investing in French and Spanish commercial real estate.
Investment Strategy
Alpha Pyrenees' strategy is to invest in a diversified portfolio of properties
in Spain and France, focusing on commercial property in the industrial,
logistics, office and retail sectors. Alpha Real Capital believes that there
will be capital growth opportunities in the portfolio through income growth,
active asset management and yield compression.
Directors
The Directors of the Company, all of whom are non-executive, are responsible for
the implementation of the investment policy of the Company and the overall
supervision of the Group's activities. The Board consists of:
Richard Kingston (Chairman)
Christopher Bennett
David Jeffreys
Phillip Rose
Serena Tremlett
This information is provided by RNS
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