Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0397T

F&C Investment Trust PLC

20 July 2022

 

London Stock Exchange Announcement

F&C Investment Trust plc

Appointment of a Director

LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371

Information disclosed in accordance with  Listing Rule  9.6.11 (1)

The Board of F&C Investment Trust plc is pleased to announce that Julie Tankard will join the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee with effect from 1 August 2022. Mrs Tankard replaces Jeff Hewitt who retired from the Board at the conclusion of the 2022 AGM.

Julie is the Chief Financial Officer and a Board member of the Port of London where, as well as finance, she is responsible for risk, procurement, legal and information technology. She is also a pension trustee of a defined benefit scheme, working with investment advisors, the scheme actuary and pensions advisory committee.

Julie is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. She sits on the Industrial Development Advisory Board and previously chaired the audit committee of Leeds & York NHS Foundation Trust, prior to which she held various senior positions at BT plc.

Mrs Tankard does not own any ordinary shares in the Company.

No further information is required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13 in respect of this appointment. 

20 July 2022

Enquiries to:

Jonathan Latter

Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited

Company Secretary

Telephone No: 020 7 011 5181

 

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