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LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
JPMORGAN EMERGING MARKETS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR
Legal Entity Identifier: 5493001VPQDYH1SSSR77
Information disclosed in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11(1)
The Board of JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Helena Coles as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1st September 2020.
Ms Coles has over 20 years' Asian and emerging markets equities investment experience and has expertise in investment trusts and environmental, social and governance issues. She is also the independent investment adviser to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. Ms Coles was a co-founder and board member of Rexiter Capital Management, a specialist emerging markets and Asian asset management company formed from the previous Kleinwort Benson Investment Management team, where she had held various responsibilities, including as Head of Greater China. Ms Coles has also worked with Fidelity International's Sustainable Investing team, at the Bank of England's Prudential Regulatory Authority, and as a consultant to Edison Investment Research.
She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds an FT NED Diploma.
Ms Coles owns 1,200 shares in the Company.
No further information is to be disclosed in respect of paragraphs 9.6.13(2) - (6) of the UKLA Listing Rules for Ms Coles.
4th August 2020
For further information, please contact:
Jonathan Latter
JPMorgan Funds Limited - Company Secretary
Telephone 0207 742 4000