Directorate Change

RNS Number : 3050Y

SchroderJapan Growth Fund PLC

04 December 2017

 

4 December 2017

Directorate Change

Schroder Japan Growth Fund plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Belinda Richards as an independent non-executive Director of the Company, with effect from 1 January 2018. Mrs Richards has also been appointed a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Management Engagement Committee.

Mrs Richards is a former senior partner at Deloitte LLP with a thirty year career specialising in business operations and strategy development with a particular focus on the Financial Services and Consumer Products sectors. She is currently a non-executive director and the chair of the audit committee of Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC, a non-executive director and the senior independent director of Grainger plc, a non-executive director of The Monks Investment Trust plc and Phoenix Group Holdings. Mrs Richards is a former director of Aviva UK Life and Pensions, Balfour Beatty plc and Friends Life Group plc. In addition, she is a member of the FRC's Advisory Group of Audit Committee Chairmen and a member of the Governing Council of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation.

It is confirmed that there are no other details to be disclosed concerning Mrs Richards under Listing Rule 9.6.13 R.

Enquiries:

Benjamin Hanley

Schroder Investment Management Limited                                              

Tel: [phone]

 

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