REG - Oryx Int. Growth Fnd - Directorate Change

Oryx International Growth FundAnnouncement

16/09/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 6810Z  Oryx International Growth Fund Ld  16 September 2022

16 September 2022

 

 

Oryx International Growth Fund Limited

Directorate Changes

Appointment of new directors - Gavin Farrell and Jamie Brooke

The Board of Oryx International Growth Fund Limited ("the Company") is pleased
to announce the appointment of Mr Gavin Farrell as an independent
non-executive director of the Company, effective 15 September 2022.

 

Mr Farrell was brought up in France, Germany and England and read law at the
universities of Paris, Münster and London. He qualified as a Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of England and Wales, a French Avocat and an Advocate of the
Royal Court of Guernsey. He worked for a number of years at Simmons &
Simmons in their London and Paris offices, both in the general corporate and
financial services/funds departments. He then moved to Guernsey in 1999 where
he was called as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey. Mr Farrell became
a partner in January 2003 of the corporate department of the then Ozannes,
which became Mourant Ozannes where he ended as a senior partner and head of
the Corporate Department. He left Mourant Ozannes in November 2016 to be one
of the founding partners of Ferbrache & Farrell LLP. His practice covers
general corporate and banking work, funds and the asset management industry.
He also holds a number of directorships in both public and private investment
funds, captive insurance companies, active management entities and trading
groups. Mr Farrell is a resident of Guernsey.

 

The Board is also pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Jamie Brooke as an
independent non-executive director of the Company, effective today.

 

Mr Brooke has over 25 years investment experience and has been a director on
over 20 boards. He was formerly lead fund manager for the Hanover Catalyst
Fund, prior to which he was at Lombard Odier where as a fund manager he
specialised in strategic UK small cap equity investing, having moved with the
Volantis team from Henderson Global, and before that, Gartmore. Earlier
experience was gained at 3i and Quester in the venture and leveraged buyout
divisions after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. Mr Brooke
read Maths at Oxford University and is currently NED at Chapel Down Group plc
and Flowtech Fluidpower plc.

 

Regulatory Disclosure

There is no information concerning Mr Farrell or Mr Brooke which is required
to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 R (2) to (6) inclusive.

 

Retirement of directors - Rupert Evans and Walid Chatila

Additionally, the Board announces that Mr Rupert Evans and Mr Walid Chatila,
both non-executive directors of the Company, have resigned from the Company
effective 15 September 2022. Mr Evans has been on the Board since 1994 and Mr
Chatila since 2005, and the Board would like to express immense gratitude for
the valuable contributions made during their tenures.

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Enquiries:

BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A., Guernsey Branch

Company Secretary

Colin Eastburn-Mallory

01481 750807

 

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