Directorate Change

RNS Number : 7738V

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

25 July 2018

 

25 July 2018                                                                           

Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")

Appointment of Non-executive Directors                     

Polar Capital Holdings PLC ("the Company") is pleased to announce the following changes to the Board of Directors.

At a Board Meeting held after the Annual General Meeting Alexa Coates was appointed as a non-executive Director and as Chair of the Audit Committee to succeed Hugh Aldous. Alexa has also been invited to join the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Quintin Price was also appointed as a non-executive Director and has been invited to join the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Both appointments are subject to Financial Conduct Authority approval.

Alexa is a chartered accountant with 25 years of experience in finance and accounting. She has spent the last 10 years at a senior level in the financial services industry, having joined HSBC in 2008 where she became the Global CFO of Asset Management before heading up the finance function for Commercial Banking, Europe. 

She is a non-executive director of Schroders Oriental Income Fund Ltd, a Guernsey domiciled, London listed investment trust.

Quintin has had a 30 year career in the investment banking and investment management industries, working at a senior level for a number of leading companies. From 2005 to 2015 he was at BlackRock where he was Global Head of Alpha Strategies and a member of the Global Executive Committee.

He a Senior Advisor at Actis, a privately owned private equity, real estate and energy & infrastructure company with $7.4bn of AUM as of the first quarter end 2018.

Tom Bartlam, Chairman, commented "We are delighted that both Alexa and Quintin have agreed to join the Board. They bring wide experience of the investment management industry and we look forward to benefitting from their extensive experience."

A full list of Alexa Coates' current directorships and past directorships held within the last five years are listed below.

Current Directorships (as at 25 July 2018)

Position Company Non-executive Director Schroders Oriental Income Fund Ltd

Past Directorships (in the last five years)

Position Company Director HSBC (BGF) Investment Limited (Investment holding company) Director HSBC Asset Finance M.O.G Holdings (UK) Limited (Investment holding company) Director HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Limited (Commercial banking operations company) Finance director HSBC Equipment Finance (UK) Limited (Commercial banking operations company) Director HSBC Enterprise Investment Company (UK) Limited (Investment Holding company) Director HSBC Asset Finance Holdings Limited (Holding company) Finance director HSBC Global Asset Management Limited (Holding company) Director CCF & Partners Asset Management Limited (Investment holding company) Director HSBC Investment Funds (Luxembourg) SA (Management operating company)

Alexa Coates does not currently hold any shares in the capital of the Company.

Full Name                    Alexa Jane Coates

Age                              48

Previous names           Morrell

A full list of Quintin Prices' current directorships and past directorships held within the last five years are listed below.

Current Directorships (as at 25 July 2018)

Position Company Director Leconfield Group Limited

Past Directorships (in the last five years)

Position	Company
Director	BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited
Director	BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd
Director	BlackRock Group Limited
Director	BlackRock International Limited
Director	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Quintin Price does not currently hold any shares in the capital of the Company.

Full Name                    Quintin Rupert Salter Price

Age                              57

Previous names           None

Save as disclosed above, there are no further disclosures required to be made in respect of the appointments under Schedule 2(g) or Rule 17 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Enquiries:

Polar Capital Holdings PLC Tom Bartlam (Chairman) Gavin Rochussen (CEO) John Mansell (COO)	[phone]
Canaccord Genuity - Nomad and Joint Broker Simon Bridges (QE) Andrew Buchanan	[phone]
Peel Hunt - Joint Broker Guy Wiehahn	[phone]
Camarco - PR Advisers Ed Gascoigne-Pees	[phone]

 

 

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