Baillie GiffordChina - Directorate Change
20/06/2023 09:12
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below: http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20230620:nRST2942Da&default-theme=true RNS Number : 2942D Baillie Gifford China Grwth TrstPLC 20 June 2023 Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust plc (BGCG) Legal Entity Identifier: 213800KOK5G3XYI7ZX18 Appointment of Director The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicholas Pink as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 September 2023. Mr Pink has extensive senior management experience in financial services with previous roles at UBS Investment Bank including Global Head of Research and Head of Asia Research. Mr Pink is currently the Senior Independent Director of Ruffer Investment Company Limited and Non-Executive Director of JP Morgan Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa Securities plc. He was previously an Independent Director of Redburn (Europe) Limited, Susan Platts-Martin, Chair of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust, commented: "My fellow Directors and I are delighted to welcome Nicholas to the Board. Nicholas strengthens the Board's knowledge of China and Chinese equities and brings investment trust experience." As at 20 June 2023 Mr Pink had a beneficial interest in 21,877 shares in the Company. The appointment of Mr Nicholas Pink falls to be ratified by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2024. There is no further information required to be disclosed under section 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules. Baillie Gifford & Co Limited Managers and Secretaries 20 June 2023 Regulated Information Classification: Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under relevant laws. 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 BOAPPUUGQUPWURU