RIT Cap. Partners - Board Appointments

RIT Capital Partners

11/08/2022 09:45

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RNS Number : 7101V  RIT Capital Partners PLC  11 August 2022

RIT Capital Partners plc (LEI: P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667)

11 August 2022

Board Appointments

 

RIT Capital Partners plc ("RIT" or the "Company") announces the appointments
of Vikas Karlekar and Cecilia McAnulty as independent non-executive directors,
with immediate effect.

Vikas Karlekar

Vikas is Managing Director of Group Finance at Intermediate Capital Group PLC,
a FTSE 100 Asset Manager.  He is a qualified chartered accountant and
previously held positions at Barclays, UBS and KPMG.  He is also a Trustee
and Treasurer of the Pepal Foundation, a charity focused on bringing together
NGOs and global corporations to develop leaders and find practical solutions
to challenging social issues.

There are no other details that require to be disclosed in respect of his
appointment pursuant to Rule 9.6.13 of the UK Listing Rules.

 

Cecilia McAnulty

Cecilia is currently a non-executive director of Northern 2 VCT plc and Polar
Capital Global Financials Trust plc and she chairs the Audit Committees for
both of these companies.  She is a qualified chartered accountant and has
held a number of senior investment roles for banks and hedge funds. Cecilia is
also a member of the Industrial Development Advisory Board of the UK
government's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

There are no other details that require to be disclosed in respect of her
appointment pursuant to Rule 9.6.13 of the UK Listing Rules.

Sir James Leigh-Pemberton, Chairman of RIT, commented:

"I am delighted to welcome both Vikas and Cecilia to our Board.  Their
respective skills and experiences will be invaluable to RIT and the Board very
much looks forward to working with them."

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