Directorate Change

RNS Number : 1272V

JPMorgan Emerging Mkts Invest Trust

04 August 2020

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

JPMORGAN EMERGING MARKETS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR

Legal Entity Identifier : 5493001VPQDYH1SSSR77

Information disclosed in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11 (1)

The Board of JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Helena Coles as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1st September 2020.

Ms Coles has over 20 years' Asian and emerging markets equities investment experience and has expertise in investment trusts and environmental, social and governance issues. She is also the independent investment adviser to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.  Ms Coles was a co-founder and board member of Rexiter Capital Management, a specialist emerging markets and Asian asset management company formed from the previous Kleinwort Benson Investment Management team, where she had held various responsibilities, including as Head of Greater China. Ms Coles has also worked with Fidelity International's Sustainable Investing team, at the Bank of England's Prudential Regulatory Authority, and as a consultant to Edison Investment Research.

She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds an FT NED Diploma.

Ms Coles   owns 1,200 shares in the Company.

No further information is to be disclosed in respect of paragraphs 9.6.13(2) - (6) of the UKLA Listing Rules for Ms Coles .

4th August 2020

For further information, please contact:

Jonathan Latter

JPMorgan Funds Limited - Company Secretary

Telephone [phone]

 

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