Directorate Changes

RNS Number : 5359T

VietNam Holding Limited

13 October 2017

 

13 October 2017

VietNam Holding Limited

("VNH" or the "Company")

Directorate Changes

VNH is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr. Sean Hurst and Mr. Damien Pierron as non-executive directors of the Company with immediate effect.

Sean Hurst was co-founder, director and Chief Investment Officer of French regulated asset management company, Albion Asset Management, from 2005-2009 and is currently Chairman of JPEL Private Equity Limited and a non-executive director of Charity & Investment Merger Arbitrage Fund. Mr. Hurst is an experienced multi-jurisdictional director with significant experience in offshore and UCITS hedge funds and in advising companies on launching both offshore and onshore investment funds. Mr. Hurst was formerly a non-executive director of AIM quoted ARC Capital Holdings Limited. Mr. Hurst holds an MBA in Finance from Cass Business School in London and is a resident of France.

Damien Pierron is currently Managing Director of Key Clients Segment at Societe Generale in Geneva, where he is in charge globally of the private banking platform for Family Offices and Wealthy Families. He has fifteen years' experience in M&A, private equity, equity derivatives and investment banking gained at, among others, Lafarge Holcim, OC&C Strategy Consultants and Natixis.  Mr. Pierron is a CFA charterholder and holds an Engineer Degree in mathematics, physics and economy from Ecole Polytechique in Paris and a Masters Degree in quantitative innovation from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris. Mr. Pierron is a resident of Switzerland.

The directorships and partnerships currently held by Mr. Hurst and Mr. Pierron and over the five years preceding the date of appointment are as follows:

Mr Sean Leslie Hurst, aged 53

Current directorships/partnerships	Previous directorships/partnerships
JPEL Private Equity Limited	ARC Capital Holdings Limited
Charity & Investment Merger Arbitrage Fund Impact Investment Trust plc Albion Consulting SARL Carillion Capital Limited	ARCH Motor Holdings Ltd ARCH Secretaries Shanghai CP Jing Cheng Enterprise Development Co Ltd

Mr. Damien Marceau Antoine Marie Pierron, aged 37

Current directorships/partnerships	Previous directorships/partnerships
Crypto Telecommunications Security SA

VietNam Holding Limited Philip Scales Hiroshi Funaki Milton Lawson

For more information please contact:

VietNam Holding Asset Management Limited	Tel: [phone]
Investor Relations Jay Vontobel [e-mail] www.vietnamholding.com
Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited Nominated Adviser	Tel: [phone]
Azhic Basirov / Ben Jeynes
Winterflood Investment Trusts Broker	Tel: [phone]
Joe Winkley / Neil Langford
Buchanan Communications Financial Public Relations	Tel: [phone]
Charles Ryland / Sophie McNulty

 

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