REG - Aberdeen New IndiaIT - Directorate Changes

Aberdeen New India Investment TrustAnnouncement

Today 07:00

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260401:nRSA9243Ya&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 9243Y  Aberdeen New India Investment Trust  01 April 2026

ABERDEEN NEW INDIA INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEI - 549300D2AW66WYEVKF02

 

 

1 April 2026

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

 

The Board of Aberdeen New India Investment Trust PLC (the "Company") is
pleased to announce the appointment of Francesca Ecsery as an independent
non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 April 2026 following
a search conducted by an independent recruitment consultancy.

 

Francesca Ecsery has over 30 years' experience working in both blue-chip
companies and start-ups and has special expertise in multiplatform consumer
marketing, branding and commercial strategies. She is a non-executive director
of Haffner Energy S.A., Air France S.A. and Henderson High Income Trust plc.

 

Francesca was previously a non-executive director at F&C Investment Trust
PLC, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC), Marshall Motor Holdings
PLC, Share PLC and Good Energy Group PLC and has held various senior positions
in consumer-focused industries including the digital, retail and leisure and
travel sectors. Her previous executive roles include McKinsey, PepsiCo, Thorn
EMI, Thomas Cook and STA Travel.

 

There are no other disclosures required to be made for Francesca Ecsery in
respect of paragraphs UKLR 6.4.8R (1) - (6) of the Financial Conduct
Authority's Listing Rules.

 

Francesca Ecsery, or her persons closely associated, has no interest in the
shares of the Company.

 

Appointment of Chairman and Senior Independent Director

 

As set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025, Michael
Hughes retired as Chairman of the Board and as a Director of the Company on 31
March 2026.

 

With effect from 1 April 2026, David Simpson is appointed Chairman of the
Board, Andrew Robson is appointed Senior Independent Director and Irina
Miklavchich is appointed Chair of the Management Engagement Committee.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Stuart Reid

abrdn Holdings Limited

Secretaries

 

Email:  cef.cosec@aberdeenplc.com (mailto:cef.cosec@aberdeenplc.com)

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  BOAJBMFTMTBJBRF



            Copyright 2019 Regulatory News Service, all rights reserved