Ashmore Regulatory News (ASHM)

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.

Enquiries to:

Ashmore Group plc

Paul Measday

Investor Relations +44 (0)20 3077 6278

FTI Consulting - PR to Ashmore Group plc

Andrew Walton +44 (0)20 3727 1514

Paul Marriott +44 (0)20 3727 1341

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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