Directorate Change

RNS Number : 2464U

River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap Inv

01 August 2022

 

Press release

For immediate release

01 August 2022

River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap Investment Company Limited

Appointment of Director

The Board of River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap Investment Company Limited ("RMMC"), is pleased to announce that John Blowers will join the Board of RMMC as a non-executive director with immediate effect.  

John will be replacing Trudi Clark who is stepping down from the Board in March 2023, in compliance with the requirements of the AIC Code of Corporate Governance which states that independent directors should not serve on boards for more than nine years.  

With a career in the financial services industry spanning over 28 years, John has worked in a range of senior roles, and has built up an extensive knowledge of digital investment management, retirement planning, marketing, distribution and transactional platform development. John has also been involved in leading the development of a series of retail online investment propositions and has worked in both entrepreneurial start-ups and major blue-chip organisations in the UK and abroad.

Commenting on the appointment, Andrew Chapman, Chairman of RMMC said: "The Board is delighted to welcome John to the River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap Investment Company as a non-executive director. John's depth of knowledge and experience will be invaluable as we focus on continuing to deliver a strong, long term performance for shareholders by sticking to our investment philosophy and focus that has served the company so well since inception. We are really pleased to have him join the Board at RMMC."

Regulatory Disclosure

Current Directorships / Partnerships - Publicly Quoted	Past Directorships / Partnerships - Publicly Quoted
None	None

There is no information concerning John which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 R (2) to (6) inclusive.

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For further information please contact:

Singer Capital Markets

Alan Ray / James Moat, Investment Banking

Tel: [phone]

Camarco

Sean Palmer

Tel: [phone]

BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A., Guernsey Branch - Company Secretary

Jasper Cross

Tel: [phone] 

 

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