To: RNS
From: European Assets Trust PLC
Date: 18 January 2021
LEI: 213800N61H8P3Z4I8726
Directorate Change
As part of the Board's plan to ensure an orderly succession as Directors retire, a search company was commissioned to identify candidates for appointment as Director. Following a rigorous selection process, the Company is pleased to announce that Pui Kei Yuen will be appointed to the Board with effect from 26 February 2021.
Pui Kei Yuen has over 20 years' experience in the fund management and investment banking industries at Mercury Asset Management, UBS and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Her roles included UK institutional equity portfolio management and research, and Pan-European responsibilities for equity sales advising a large range of institutional investors and hedge funds. She is currently a director of Capital for Business Ltd.
The Board looks forward to working with Pui Kei and to the valuable insights that she will bring to its deliberations.
For further information contact:
Sam Cosh (Investment Manager) Tel +44 (0)207 628 8000
Scott McEllen (Company Secretary) Tel +44 (0)207 628 8000
BMO Investment Business Limited