Directorate Change

RNS Number : 4689A

JPMorgan Emerging Mkts Invest Trust

22 December 2014

 



LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

JPMORGAN EMERGING MARKETS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR

The Board of JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Laing and Andrew Page as non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from 15th January 2015.

Mr Laing worked for CDC Group plc from 2000 until 2012 where he was Chief Executive Officer having joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was Finance Director of De La Rue plc. He is a non-executive Director of Madagascar Oil Limited, Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust plc, Miro Forestry and Leeds Castle Foundation. He is also a trustee of Plan UK and the Overseas Development Institute. Previous non-executive appointments include the London Metal Exchange, Aureos Capital and the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association, where he was Chairman of the Advisory Council. He is a qualified accountant and has a degree from Cambridge University.

Mr Page was, until 1st September 2014, the Chief Executive Officer of the Restaurant Group plc ('TRG'), a FTSE-250 company which operates 460 restaurants throughout the UK. He is a non-executive Director of Carpetright plc, Northgate plc, RPS Group plc and The Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund plc. Prior to joining TRG in 2001, Mr Page held a number of senior positions within the leisure and hospitality sector, including Senior Vice President with InterContinental Hotels. Before that he spent six years working in Kleinwort Benson's Corporate Finance department. Mr Page is a Chartered Accountant.

Neither Mr Laing nor Mr Page own any shares in the Company and no further information is to be disclosed in respect of paragraphs 9.6.13 (2) - (6) of the UKLA Listing Rules.

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For further information, please contact:

Jonathan Latter

JPMorgan Funds Limited - Company Secretary

Telephone [phone]

 

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