AFM.L Regulatory News (AFM)

7 April 2022

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting plc

('Alpha FMC', 'Alpha', the 'Company' or 'Group')

Non-Executive Director Appointment

Alpha FMC (AIM: AFM), a leading global provider of specialist consultancy services to the Asset Management, Wealth Management and Insurance industries, is pleased to announce that Maeve Byrne will be appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 16 May 2022.

Maeve has over 30 years' experience in Financial Services. She started her career as an auditor with KPMG Ireland and worked in several other KPMG international offices in Europe and North America. Within KPMG, Maeve moved from Audit to Transaction Services where she was a Financial Services Partner from 2002 to 2014. From 2010 to 2013, Maeve was seconded to Royal Bank of Scotland and the Non-Core Division where she was CFO and a member of the Group Finance Board & Risk and Control Committee. From 2014 to 2017, she held senior executive roles at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Capital Resolutions Group and Williams & Glyn. Since 2017, Maeve has focused on transformation services, offering Board advisory services as an independent consultant. She has worked with Financial Services companies including Santander and clients in the Fintech/Neo bank space.

Maeve is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

On appointment, Maeve will join the Audit and Risk, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Ken Fry, Chairman of Alpha FMC, commented:

"I am delighted that Maeve is joining the Alpha Board. Her international financial services and technology transformation experience will be a great asset as Alpha continues to develop across international markets, widen its service proposition and continue to execute on its strategic aims."

Maeve Byrne, incoming Independent Non-Executive Director of Alpha FMC, commented:

"I am grateful to be joining the Alpha Board and excited for this opportunity to further advance Alpha's success.  The Company's culture and people have been instrumental to its growth and will continue to be so in its expansion across geographies and industry sectors. I look forward to working with the team in the Company's upward trajectory."

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Further information

Maeve Ann Byrne, aged 55, is, or has been, a director or partner of the following companies or partnerships during the past five years:

Maeve Byrne does not hold any legal or beneficial direct or indirect interest in the securities of the Company.

There is no further information required to be disclosed in respect of the above appointments pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

About Alpha FMC:

Alpha is a leading global consultancy to the Asset Management, Wealth Management and Insurance industries. With over 650 consultants across 15 offices spanning the UK, Europe, North America and APAC, Alpha has the largest dedicated team in the industry. Alpha has provided specialist consulting services to over 650 clients, including 95 per cent of the 20 largest global asset managers by AUM and a range of other buy-side firms.

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