JPMORGAN CHINA GROWTH & INCOME PLC
DIRECTORATE CHANGE
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300S8M91P5FYONY25
Information disclosed in accordance with the LR 9.6.13 (1) - (6)
The Board of JPMorgan China Growth & Income plc (the 'Company'), [as part of its succession planning], is pleased to announce its intention to appoint Ms Joanne Wong as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1st June 2021.
A Hong Kong resident, Ms Joanne Wong has some 30 years of experience in the investment industry. After spending ten years as an equity analyst focusing on Hong Kong and China listed companies, she joined Franklin Templeton Investments in Hong Kong in 2002. Working within Franklin Templeton's Global Equity Group, she became a Portfolio Manager focusing on Asian mandates, and with a particular responsibility for North Asian equity markets. She retired from Franklin Templeton in 2020.
Ms Wong will strengthen the Board's depth of understanding and oversight of developments in the Chinese economy and equity markets.
Ms Wong graduated from Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University in 1991 with a MA (Hons) Economics.
No further information is to be disclosed in respect of paragraphs 9.6.13 (1) - (6) of the UKLA Listing Rules for Ms Joanne Wong.
17th May2021
For further information, please contact:
Divya Amin
JPMorgan Funds Limited - Secretary
020 7742 4000