1 Sep 2021 07:00
1 SEPTEMBER 2021
STANDARD LIFE PRIVATE EQUITY TRUST PLC ("THE COMPANY")
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138004MK7VPTZ99EV13
DIRECTORATE CHANGE
APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
The Board of Standard Life Private Equity Trust plc ("the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Dugald Agble and Yvonne Stillhart as additional independent Non-Executive Directors, with immediate effect.
Christina McComb, the Chair of the Board said "The Board regularly considers succession planning and is delighted to announce the appointment of Dugald and Yvonne. Both Dugald and Yvonne have extensive private experience and the Board looks forward to working with them."
Dugald holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London and has over 20 years direct investment experience in Private Equity. He started his career at Nomura Principal Finance Group, which later evolved into Terra Firma Capital Partners. More recently, Dugald has been involved in investing in emerging and frontier markets at Helios Investment Partners and 8 Miles. Dugald is a Supervisory Board Member at FMO, the Dutch finance institution.
Yvonne is an accomplished Board Director, Chair and Board Committee Member (Audit & Risk, ESG, Finance) of private and public entities with technology and finance expertise. She has 30 years' executive experience in business building and transformational leadership, governance, private equity and infrastructure investment, finance, banking, risk- and investment management across broad industries and geographical regions. She is a currently director of EPE Capital Ltd and UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG.
There are no other disclosures required under Section 9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules in respect of Dugald's and Yvonne's appointments.
For further information please contact:-
Paul Evitt
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Company Secretary
Tel: 0131 528 4270