2 Oct 2020 11:54
Jupiter US Smaller Companies PLC (the 'Company')
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300HKKL9K1NY4TW55
Appointment of Stephen White to the Board
Further to the announcement by the Board of Directors ('the Board') of the Company on 29 June 2020 regarding succession planning, the Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Stephen White as a non-executive Director and Member of the Audit & Management Engagement Committee of the Company with effect from 1 October 2020.
Stephen is a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committees of BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc and Aberdeen New India Investment Trust plc and a non-executive director of JP Morgan European Smaller Companies Trust plc and Polar Capital Technology Trust plc.
He qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PwC before starting a career in investment management. He has more than 35 years investment experience, most notably as head of European equities at F&C Asset Management, where he was manager of F&C Eurotrust plc and deputy manager of the F&C Investment Trust plc, and as head of European and US equities at British Steel Pension Fund.
It is anticipated that Mr White will take over full responsibility as chairman of the Company from Mr Grender with effect from the AGM in November 2021.
A resolution in respect of the election of Mr White as a Director of the Company will be put to shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company on 2 December 2020.
There are no other details to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.
For further information, please contact:
Magnus Spence
Head of Investment Trusts and Alternatives
Jupiter Asset Management Limited, Company Secretary
020 3817 1325
2 October 2020
www.jupiteram.com/JUS