Appointment of Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 5919W

EPE Special Opportunities PLC

10 February 2017

EPE Special Opportunities Plc

EPE Special Opportunities plc ("ESO plc" or the "Company") today announces the appointment of Heather Bestwick as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Heather Bestwick has been a financial services professional for 25 years, onshore in the City of London and offshore in the Cayman Islands and Jersey. She qualified as an English solicitor, specialising in ship finance, with City firm Norton Rose, and worked in their London and Athens offices for 8 years.

Heather joined global offshore law firm Walkers in the Cayman Islands, and became Managing Partner of the Walkers Jersey office in 2007. She joined Jersey Finance in 2010 as Technical Director and Deputy Chief Executive, leading the development of finance industry legislation on behalf of industry (including the introduction of the Jersey Private Placement Fund and the AIFMD compliant regime; overseeing the amendments to the Companies and Trusts Laws) and liaising with the regulator and government. Heather also sat on the committees of the industry trade bodies (JFA, JBA, JATCO, JSCCA and the Financial and Commercial sub-committee of the Law Society) and is a founding member of Jersey Maritime International.

Heather is now an independent non-executive director, and is registered with the Jersey Financial Services Commission. She is a member of the Channel Islands committee of the Association of Investment Companies.

Geoffrey Vero, Chairman of ESO plc, commented:

"I am delighted to welcome Heather to the Board of ESO plc. Her track record of success and extensive experience in financial services will be invaluable to ESO plc as we continue to grow our industry-leading business."

In relation to the appointment of Heather Bestwick to the Board of Directors, ESO confirms that there is nothing further to disclose in relation to her appointment under AIM Rule 17 or Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies, save as required and disclosed in this announcement:

Full name:	Heather Bestwick
Age:	58 years old
Current directorships:	ACIS Loan Funding Limited Andium Homes Limited Deutsche International Corporate Services Limited Equiom (Guernsey) Limited Equiom (Jersey) Limited Equiom Trust (CI) Limited Rokos Capital Management (GP) Ltd Rokos Intermediate (Jersey) Ltd Sole Shipping SO Adviser Limited Sole Shipping SO II GP Limited
Directorships in the last 5 years:	AEP 2003 Limited AEP 2008 Limited AEP 2012 Limited Altair Partners Limited Altamas Resources Limited BSREP Marina Village Limited Century Limited Cyan Blue Topco Limited Fundamental Global Corporate Secured Loan Fund Limited GCP Infrastructure OEIC Limited Invision Capital Partners IV Limited Invision Capital Partners V Limited Invision IV Co-invest General Partner Limited Jersey Finance Limited Triton Advisers Limited