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RNS Number : 4750T  Ashmore Group PLC  22 July 2022

 

Ashmore Group plc

22 July 2022

 

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

 

Ashmore Group plc ("Ashmore" / the "Company") today announces the appointment
of Shirley Garrood as a Non-executive Director.

 

Shirley Garrood will join the Board as a Non-executive Director with effect
from 1 August 2022. Shirley will succeed Clive Adamson as Chair of the Audit
and Risk Committee from 14 October 2022, subject to approval from the
Financial Conduct Authority, at which point Clive will step down as the
Committee's Interim Chair and as a member.  Clive will remain Chair of the
Company and of its Nominations Committee.

Shirley has extensive executive and relevant non-executive experience in
financial services and is a chartered accountant. The Board considers that
Shirley will be independent on appointment.

The structure of the Board Committees with effect from 1 August 2022 until 14
October 2022 will be as follows:

 

 Audit and Risk                 Remuneration        Nominations
 Clive Adamson (Interim Chair)  Helen Beck (Chair)  Clive Adamson (Chair)
 Helen Beck                     Clive Adamson       Helen Beck
 Jennifer Bingham               Jennifer Bingham    Jennifer Bingham
 Shirley Garrood                Shirley Garrood     Shirley Garrood

 

Shirley was a Non-executive Director of esure Group plc from July 2013 to
November 2019, and also a Non-executive Director of Hargreaves Lansdown plc
from October 2013 to December 2020 and held various roles including Senior
Independent Director and Chair of Audit and Risk committees. There are no
other details required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13, in
connection with her appointment.

 

Ashmore's Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is 549300U3L59WB4YI2X12.

 

For further information please contact:

 

Ashmore Group plc

Paul Measday

Investor Relations                 +44 (0)20 3077 6278

 

FTI Consulting

Neil Doyle                             +44 (0)7771
978 220

Kit Dunford                           +44 (0)7717
417 038

 

 

 

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Shirley Garrood (Non-executive Director)

Shirley is currently a Non-executive Director of Royal London Mutual Insurance
Society Limited, and Chair of Royal London Asset Management Holdings Limited
and Royal London Asset Management Limited, chairing their Risk and Capital
Committee. She is a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk
Committee of the BBC. Shirley is also an Independent Non-Executive Director on
Deloitte LLP's Audit Governance Board providing oversight of the external
audit and assurance business only.

Shirley's financial services experience includes being Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Operating Officer of Henderson Group plc; Chair of the Audit
Committee,  Senior Independent Director and Deputy Chair of esure Group plc;
and Chair of the Audit Committee, Chair of the Risk Committee and  Senior
Independent Director of Hargreaves Lansdown plc. She also served as a governor
of the Peabody Trust housing association.

Shirley holds a B.Sc in Economics and Accounting from the University of
Bristol and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Corporate Treasurer.

 

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