The following announcement replaces announcement 9170V
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC
Legal Entity Identifier: VLGEI9B8R0REWKB0LN95
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Appointment of Director
The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Angus Macpherson as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 28 February 2017.
Mr Macpherson is Chief Executive of Noble and Company (UK) Limited, an independent Scottish corporate finance business. He is currently chairman of JP Morgan Elect PLC and is a director of Henderson Diversified Income Limited. He is also a member of the Scottish Government's Financial Services Advisory Board. He was based in Asia between 1995 and 2004 in Singapore and Hong Kong, latterly as Head of Capital Markets and Financing for Merrill Lynch for Asia.
The appointment of Mr Angus Macpherson falls to be ratified by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in November 2017.
There is no further information required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13.
Baillie Gifford & Co Limited
Managers and Secretaries
2 February 2017