20 May 2015
Directorate Change
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Keith Craig as a non-executive Director of the Company, with effect from 19 May 2015.
Mr Craig (aged 53) is CEO of Hakluyt & Company, a strategic intelligence firm. He served with the British Army after university and subsequently joined the Swire Group in Hong Kong and Manila in the 1980s and early 90s. He was then a diplomat with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office for some years before moving back to Asia as a stockbroker, establishing WI Carr's business in the Philippines and subsequently running their global equity sales and trading operation, based in Hong Kong. He returned to London and joined Hakluyt in 2000.
It is confirmed that there are no other details to be disclosed concerning Mr Craig under Listing Rule 9.6.13 R.
Enquiries:
John Spedding
Schroder Investment Management Limited
Tel: 020 7658 3206