Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0637Z

Monks Investment Trust PLC

09 March 2017

 

The Monks Investment Trust PLC

Appointment of Director

The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 9 March 2017.

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt is Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford and a visiting Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton. He specialises in open data and artificial intelligence and is currently also Chairman of the Open Data Institute.

The Chairman of Monks, James Ferguson, said: "I am delighted that Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt has agreed to join our Board. His academic expertise in areas of the market that offer great potential, such as artificial intelligence, will give Monks insight in a period of fast technological change."

The appointment of Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt is subject to ratification by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in August 2017.

There is no further information required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13.

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Managers and Secretaries

9 March 2017

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800MRI1JTUKG5AF64

Regulated Information Classification: Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member State of the EU

 

END

 

 

BOASSUFLUFWSEID