Appointment of Non-Executive Director

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Brooks Macdonald Group PLC

16 July 2020

 

16 July 2020

BROOKS MACDONALD GROUP PLC

Appointment of non-executive director

Brooks Macdonald Group plc ("The Group", "Brooks Macdonald") is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Michael Burgess as a non-executive director, with effect from 1 August 2020.

Mr. Burgess (aged 54) is a Non-Executive Director of OakNorth Bank and Non-Executive Chairman of Invest & Fund.

Mr. Burgess was previously a main Board Director of Alliance Trust plc, CEO of Alliance Trust Savings, and CEO and Co-Founder of Exchange Associates.  He has held a series of senior executive and non-executive positions in financial services businesses, including Lloyds Banking Group and Scottish Widows, for over 25 years.

Commenting on the appointment, Alan Carruthers, Chairman of Brooks Macdonald, said:

"I am delighted to welcome Robert to the Board. His experience in financial services, including some highly innovative firms, will be extremely valuable to Brooks Macdonald as we drive forward our growth strategy."

Other required disclosures

During the last five years immediately preceding the date of this announcement, Mr. Burgess held the following directorships:

· OakNorth Bank plc - current

· Invest and Fund Limited - current

· Avion Premier Limited - current

· Sevenoaks Preparatory School Limited - current

· Kids Out UK - directorshipceased 2018

· Landbay Partners Limited - directorshipceased 2018

· Skoote Limited - dissolved in 2019.

There are no further matters to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.

Enquiries to:

Brooks Macdonald Group plc Caroline Connellan, CEO Ben Thorpe, Group Finance Director	020 7659 3492
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) James Britton / Rishi Shah / John Welch	020 7418 8900
MHP Communications Reg Hoare / Simon Hockridge / Charlie Barker	020 3128 8540 [e-mail]

Notes to editors

Brooks Macdonald Group plc, through its various subsidiaries, provides leading investment management services in the UK and internationally. The Group, which was founded in 1991 and began trading on AIM in 2005, had Discretionary Funds under Management of £13.7 billion as at 30 June 2020.

Brooks Macdonald offers a range of investment management services to private high net worth individuals, pension funds, institutions, charities and trusts. The Group also provides financial planning as well as offshore investment management and acts as fund manager to two regulated OEICs (the IFSL Brooks Macdonald Fund and the SVS Cornelian Investment Funds) providing a range of risk-managed multi-asset funds and a specialised absolute return fund.

The Group has twelve offices across the UK and the Channel Islands including London, East Anglia, Hampshire, Leamington Spa, Leeds, Manchester, Taunton, Tunbridge Wells, Scotland, Wales, Jersey and Guernsey.

LEI: 213800WRDF8LB8MIEX37

www.brooksmacdonald.com / @BrooksMacdonald

 

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