Appointment of new director

RNS Number : 7191T

JPMorgan Indian Invest Trust PLC

01 October 2010

 



JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust plc

Appointment of New Director

The Board of JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Hugh Sandeman as an independent non-executive Director of the Company, with effect from 1st October 2010.

Hugh has over 20 years experience in investment banking, based in New York, Tokyo, London and Frankfurt. Hugh was managing director and head of the telecommunications practice at Dresdner Kleinwort, where he had earlier specialised in merger and acquisition and financing transactions for energy and utility companies.  He joined Dresdner Kleinwort after working in the merger and acquisition group at Merrill Lynch in New York and Tokyo.  Hugh has worked on transactions in more than 15 countries.

In his first career, Hugh worked in 1977-1986 for The Economist, initially covering international capital markets, and then as the magazine's Tokyo correspondent, World Business Editor in London and finally New York correspondent.

There is no further information to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13 R (2) to (6).

1st October 2010

For further information:

Andrew Norman

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited ......................... 020 7742 6000

 

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