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Templeton Emerging Markets Investment TrustAnnouncement

27/07/2016 14:00

RNS Number : 4125F
Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC
27 July 2016
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC Announcement
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC ("TEMIT") or ("the Company") announces that the Board has appointed David Graham as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1st September 2016. Mr. Graham's biography is set out below.
The Company discloses this and the following information pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 R made by the UK Listing Authority. This disclosure is based upon information provided by such Director that has not been independently verified by the Company. 
Mr. Graham has no details to disclose pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 R (2) to Listing Rule 9.6.13 R (6).
Mr. Graham has not held any directorships and appointments in PLC companies in the past five years.
For information please contact Neil Langford at Winterflood (Corporate Broker) on + 44 (0) 20 3100 0160. No representation or warranty is made by Winterflood as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this announcement and no liability will be accepted for any loss arising from its use. 
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David GrahamBiography
A Chartered Accountant by training (PwC) whose career has been in investment management, firstly as an Asian fund manager with Lazards and then building businesses, establishing offices and managing client relationships across Japan, Asia Pacific, UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa for BlackRock and predecessor firms (Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Mercury Asset Management).He has been the Representative Director in domestic, joint venture, fund management companies in India, China, Thailand and Taiwan. Most recently, until his retirement in March 2016, he led the Family Offices, Charities & Endowments business of BlackRock in EMEA.
Born in Japan and brought up in Hong Kong, Australia and Thailand, David has worked in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney.

David is an advisor to BlackRock in Asia Pacific and is one of BlackRock's nominated Directors on the Board of DSP BlackRock, a fund management joint venture in India.

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