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13 September 2017
Stock Exchange Announcement
LIONTRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
Directorate changes
Liontrust Asset Management Plc ("Liontrust" or the "Company"), the specialist independent fund management group, confirms the following directorate changes:
Sophia Tickell will, subject to regulatory approval, join the Board on 1 October 2017 as an Independent Non-executive Director.
Sophia is Founding Partner of Meteos Limited and a writer, facilitator and advocate with more than 15 years of experience working with asset managers and corporate executives to improve their appreciation of societal expectations and environmental constraints.
Sophia designed and collaboratively ran the PharmaFutures, EnergyFutures and BankingFutures dialogues, which were multi-year, senior dialogues between fund managers, corporate executives, regulators and civil society. She has served on a number of commercial, financial, academic and charitable boards and advisory committees.
Her current roles include being a member of the Advisory Committee of the Liontrust Sustainable Future Funds and external adviser to the Corporate Responsibility Committee of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Board.
Current directorships - None.
Other directorships in the previous five years - None.
The Company confirms that there are no further matters to be disclosed pursuant to the requirements of paragraph LR 9.6.13 R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.
Adrian Collins, Chairman of Liontrust, said: "We welcome Sophia Tickell to Liontrust's Board of Directors and we know she will be a great addition. Sophia brings extensive and valuable experience, having worked with asset managers for more than 15 years as well as non-financial companies and academic and charitable boards.
"Sophia will also add vast knowledge and insight to the Board through her work and involvement with ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) as it concerns asset management and sustainable investment. This is a key area of focus and expansion for Liontrust following the completion of our acquisition of Alliance Trust Investments in April 2017 and given our belief in the growing importance of sustainability for consumers and investors.
"I and the rest of the Board are looking forward to working with Sophia and to her contribution to the further growth of Liontrust over the coming years."
For further information please contact:
Liontrust Asset Management Plc 020 7412 1700
John Ions www.liontrust.co.uk
Vinay Abrol
Simon Hildrey - Chief Marketing Officer
Numis Securities Limited 020 7260 1000
Corporate Broking & Advisory - Charles Farquhar, Andrew Holloway
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited 020 3037 2000
Advisory - Jonny Allison, Kavita ChoitramCorporate Broking - Alex Reynolds, Nicholas Harland
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