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RNS Number : 8278P  Ceiba Investments Limited  04 July 2025

CEIBA INVESTMENTS LIMITED

(the "Company")

 

(TICKER CBA, ISIN: GG00BFMDJH11)

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800XGY151JV5B1E88

 

APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

 

Further to RNS announcement number 4152G released by the Company on 28 April
2025, the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Dena Bellamy, Mary
Dunphy and Robin Smith as independent, non-executive directors of the Company
with effect from 3 July 2025.

 

Dena Bellamy is an experienced corporate finance professional with over 25
years of experience in investment banking. After completing her Ph.D., she
embarked on a career that saw her work at international financial institutions
including Rothschild, Merrill Lynch, and Commerzbank. Dena has provided
strategic advice on M&A transactions, IPOs, and bond issuance to clients
in a range of sectors, including real estate and infrastructure. Dena has held
board director roles in both public and private companies, including Biofarma
Innovations, a joint venture with BioCubaFarma, the Cuban state-owned
pharmaceutical company. She has also recently spent a number of years working
on the establishment of a new international investment bank in Cuba.

 

Mary Dunphy, a law graduate from Trinity College, has held numerous positions
as a Chairperson and Board member of Private, Listed and Global
Not-for-profits organisations and on a pro bono for international and national
charities. Most recently she has chaired two Nasdaq listed companies.
Previously she was a Global Equity Partner / Senior Managing Director at both
Accenture & Teneo (Global Board & C-Suite Advisory). She worked with
C-Suite teams, boards and VC / PE investors of high profile and FTSE100
organisations; on defining and delivering double digit EBITDA and valuation
improvements. Mary was the Global CEO of CoderDojo: a charity she activated
and led in 65 countries. Mary is an experienced keynote speaker at global
events including at the World Economic Forum at Davos, The Web Summit,
SouthxSouthWest, Salesforce World Tour & Dreamforce, EU Parliament and
Buckingham Palace. She is also a multi award recipient and media presenter.

 

Robin Smith is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants
(FCCA) who was educated in Guernsey, studied accountancy in the UK and trained
professionally with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells in London. He is also a
member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).  From 1984
until 2024, Mr Smith held senior positions with three fiduciary groups, first
with Havelet and Nerine where he performed a variety of roles including
Company Secretary and Group Finance Director with board appointments on their
principal Guernsey based fiduciary and fund operations.  Most recently until
February 2024 he was Managing Director of the Praxis Guernsey Fiduciary
business until his retirement in February 2024.  He is a non-executive
Director of a UK Charity, Servol Community Services Limited and is a
Non-Executive Director of each of Darwin Property Investment Management
Limited and Darwin Alternative Investment Management Limited who between them
manage three Guernsey Open Ended Class B Collective Investment Schemes.

 

Details of all directorships held by each of Dena, Mary and Robin in other
publicly quoted companies are as follows:

 

 Director      Current Directorships   Previous Directorships
 Dena Bellamy  Equipmake Holdings plc  n/a
 Mary Dunphy   n/a                     Mashup Ireland AB
 Robin Smith   n/a                     n/a

 

Dena, Mary and Robin will also be appointed as members of the Company's Audit
Committee, Nomination Committee and Management Engagement Committee.

 

John Herring, Chairman of the Company, commented:

 

"We are extremely pleased to welcome Dena, Mary and Robin on to the Board.
Each of them brings significant skills, knowledge and a fresh perspective to
the Board and we look forward to working with them going forward."

 

This announcement has been made in accordance with the requirements of 6.4.6
and 6.48 of the UK Listing Rules.

 

A further announcement regarding the successor of the role of Senior
Independent Director which was previously fulfilled by Keith Corbin who
retired from the Board at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 3 July 2025,
will be made in due course.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 John Herring                                         Via NSM Funds Limited

 Singer Capital Markets                               Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000

 James Maxwell / Patrick Weaver (Corporate Finance)

 James Waterlow (Sales)

 NSM Funds Limited                                    Tel: +44 (0)1481 743030

 

www.ceibainvest.com (http://www.ceibainvest.com)

 

 

END OF ANNOUNCEMENT

 

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