REG-Worldwide Healthcare: Appointment of New Director

Worldwide Healthcare TrustAnnouncement

15/08/2022 14:15

15 August 2022

WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC

(the “Company”)

Appointment of New Director

As part of the ongoing process of refreshment described in the Company’s
Annual Report & Accounts, the Board of Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC is
pleased to announce the appointment of Jo Parfrey as an independent,
non-executive Director of the Company, with effect from Thursday, 1 September
2022.

Ms Parfrey, a Chartered Accountant, is a non-executive Director and Chair of
the Audit Committee, of Henderson International Income Trust plc, and a
non-executive Director of Octopus AIM VCT. She is also a non-executive
Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, of Start Codon Limited and IESO
Digital Health Limited and the non-executive Chair of Babraham Research Campus
Limited. Jo was formerly a non-executive Director of Guy’s and St Thomas’
Enterprises Limited and of LGV Capital Partners Limited.

On appointment, Ms Parfrey will be a member of the Company’s Audit & Risk
Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Management Engagement &
Remuneration Committee.

The Chairman of Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC, Doug McCutcheon, commented:

“My fellow Directors and I are delighted to welcome Jo to the Board. Her
financial, investment management and life sciences experience will be a
valuable addition to the Board’s future deliberations.”

Ms Parfrey’s appointment will be proposed to shareholders for election at
the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in July 2023.

Ms Parfrey currently holds no ordinary shares in the Company.

There is no further information to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13R(2)
to (6).

- ENDS-

For further information please contact:

 Mark Pope  Frostrow Capital LLP  020 3 008 4913  



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