Directorate Change

European Opportunities Trust PLC

14 December 2023

 

Legal Entity Identifier 549300XN7RXQWHN18849

EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

("EOT" or the "Company")

Board Appointment

The Board of European Opportunities Trust PLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Neeta Patel CBE as independent non-executive Director of the Company. Neeta will join the Board on 1 January 2024.

Neeta is a highly experienced executive with over 35 years of strategy and operational leadership experience in technology, media, insurance and education sectors, as well as in start-ups and scaling companies. Her experience includes senior leadership roles at Legal & General plc, ft.com (the Financial Times' website) and the British Council, the government's international education and cultural agency. More recently she was the founding CEO of the Centre for Entrepreneurs, a board adviser at Tech London Advocates, a member of the advisory board at City University Ventures and an entrepreneur mentor-in-residence at London Business School.

She is currently a non-executive Director at Allianz Technology Trust PLC, a FTSE 250 investment trust that invests in quoted mid-cap technology companies, and at Albion Venture Capital Trust plc. Neeta is also a board adviser at several early-stage technology companies.

Neeta was awarded a CBE in the Queen's honours list in October 2020 for services to entrepreneurship and technology.

Neeta will be appointed as a member of the Audit & Risk, Nominations, Remuneration, and Management Engagement Committees with effect from her appointment to the Board.

There are no other details to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

Matthew Dobbs, Chair of the Company, said:

"I am delighted that Neeta has agreed to join the Board of European Opportunities Trust. Neeta has an impressive and diverse background in a variety of finance and investment roles as well as extensive experience of serving on boards across a range of industries. Neeta's wealth of experience will enhance the complementary mix of skills and expertise of our existing Directors."

For further information, please contact:

Company secretaries Richard Pavry / Charles Bilger	[e-mail] [phone]
Singer Capital Markets - Corporate broker Robert Peel / Angus Campbell (Investment Banking) Alan Geeves / James Waterlow / Sam Greatrex (Sales)	[phone]
Buchanan Communications - PR Adviser Henry Wilson Helen Tarbet George Beale	[e-mail] [phone] [phone] [phone]

www.europeanopportunities.com

 

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