Last checked at 29 Apr 2015 13:02
Ashmore Group PLC
29 April 2015
Ashmore Group plc
Directorate
Ashmore Group plc ("Ashmore") today announces the appointment of Peter Gibbs to the Board as a Non-executive Director effective 29 April 2015. The appointment will be subject to the receipt of the usual regulatory approvals from the Financial Conduct Authority.
Save as disclosed herein, there are no further details required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 in connection with his appointment.
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Notes:
Peter Gibbs
Non-executive Director
Peter Gibbs was appointed to the Board on 29 April 2015. Peter Gibbs has spent his entire career working in the financial services industry. Peter was Chief Investment Officer and Head of Region for the non-US Investment Management activities of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, having spent his early career at Brown Shipley and Bankers Trust as a portfolio manager. Since then he has held a number of Non Executive positions including UK Financial Investments plc (the body responsible for the UK government's financial services investments), Evolution Group plc , Impax Asset Management Group plc and Friends Life Group Limited. He is currently a Non-executive Director of Aspect Capital Ltd, Intermediate Capital Group plc and the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (UK) Pension Plan Trustee Ltd.
More information is available on the Group's website www.AshmoreGroup.com
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