Kevin Acton Appointed Finance Director

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Gresham House PLC

19 April 2016

 

19 April 2016

Gresham House Plc ("Gresham House" or "the Company")

(AIM: GHE)

Kevin Acton Appointed Finance Director

Gresham House plc ("Gresham House"), the specialist asset manager, is pleased to announce that Kevin Acton will join the Company as Finance Director with effect from 6 June 2016.

Kevin John Acton, aged 38, joins Gresham House from Oaktree Capital Management ("Oaktree") where he was a Senior Vice President responsible for finance and operations in the European Principal team covering three private equity and two debt opportunity funds with combined assets under management of c. €5.5bn. Prior to joining Oaktree, Kevin was Director, Group Reporting and Valuations for 3i Group. Kevin qualified as a charted accountant in 2004 with Deloitte LLP where he worked with a number of private equity and asset management clients.

Anthony Dalwood, CEO of Gresham House, said:

"I am pleased to welcome Kevin to Gresham House. He has significant experience in both asset management and private equity, which will be of great benefit to us as we implement the next stage of our plan to develop and grow Gresham House as a specialist asset manager. Kevin's appointment is another important milestone after what has been a transformational year for Gresham House. I look forward to working with him as we continue to target superior long term investment returns from differentiated and illiquid alternative investment strategies."

Enquiries:

Gresham House plc Anthony (Tony) Dalwood	020 3837 6270
Liberum Capital Ltd Neil Elliot Jill Li	020 3100 2000
Montfort Communications, PR Adviser Rory King	[e-mail] 0203 770 7906

Further regulatory disclosures

Other than as disclosed below, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM rules for Companies:

Current Directorships/Partnerships

Oaktree Capital Management (UK) LLP

Previous Directorships/Partnerships

3i Europe plc

3i Nordic plc

 

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