Appointment of New Director

RNS Number : 1616D

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund PLC

26 November 2009

 

                                      26 November 2009

Appointment of a director

The Board of Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc is pleased to announce that Mr. Robert Boyle has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Robert Boyle, aged 61, is a Chartered Accountant and was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was responsible for multi-national client accounts, specialising in the telecoms and media sectors: he was chairman of the PWC European Entertainment and Media Practice for twelve years and retired in 2006. He is a non-executive director, and chairman of the audit committee, of Maxis Berhad (in Malaysia), Witan Investment Trust PLC, Prosperity Voskhod Fund Ltd (an AIM listed company) and the Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. He is also the independent member of the audit committee of the National Trust. 

It is confirmed that there are no other details to be disclosed concerning Mr Boyle under Listing Rule 9.6.13 R.

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Enquiries:

John Spedding

Schroder Investment Management Limited               020 7658 3206

 

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