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Director Appointment

4 Sep 2013 13:00

RNS Number : 2248N
Vietnam Infrastructure Limited
04 September 2013
 



4 September 2013

 

Vietnam Infrastructure Limited

 

Director Appointment

 

Vietnam Infrastructure Limited ("VNI" or the "Company"), the first publicly traded fund to focus on infrastructure assets in Vietnam announces that the Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Robert Binyon as a new Independent Non-executive Director, effective 2 September 2013. The appointment of Mr. Binyon to the Board will bring the total number of VNI Board members to five.

 

Commenting on the appointment, VNI Chairman, Mr. Paul Cheng stated, "Our decision to augment the composition of the Board was made with the intention of enhancing our knowledge-base in emerging markets with a veteran, South East Asia based director."

 

Robert Binyon

Early in Mr. Binyon's career, he joined Morgan Grenfell & Company Ltd, a London based merchant bank, in 1972 and held a variety of positions including lending and project finance, international bond and the capital markets divisions. Following this, he had two periods based in Geneva to run the Morgan Grenfell Bank in Switzerland and in 1985, he was appointed to the main Board.

 

In 1986, he moved to Tokyo to be in charge of Morgan Grenfell's operations in Japan. He was made a member of the Group Management Committee in January 1988 and assumed responsibility for the Group's operations in the Asia Pacific Region. He left Morgan Grenfell in 1991 and spent three years as Chief Executive and Managing Director of Tokai Bank Europe in London.

 

In 1994, he joined the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) to run the Financial Markets Department which was responsible for the management of CDC's country and regional (SME focused) funds and its investments in banks and financial intermediaries.

Following his resignation from CDC in March 2003, he has held a number of non-executive Chairman and Directorship roles for Aureos, the SME private equity investment management company, for funds in Central and South Asia, South East Asia, China and Brunei. He is currently residing in Bangkok, Thailand and sits as the Chairman of GCP Australia and of Khronos Advisers in Thailand, Director of Schroder Asia Pacific Fund plc, Member of the Asia Advisory Council of GIMV and Treasurer of the Royal Society of Literature in London.

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 

David DropseyVinaCapital Investment Management LimitedInvestor Relations/Communications+84 8 821 9930david.dropsey@vinacapital.com

 

Philip Secrett

Grant Thornton UK LLP, Nominated Adviser

+44 (0)20 7583 5100

philip.j.secrett@uk.gt.com

 Hiroshi FunakiEdmond de Rothschild Securities, Broker+44 20 7845 5960funds@lcfr.co.uk

David Benda / Hugh JonathanNumis Securities Limited, Broker+44 (0)20 7260 1000

funds@numis.com

Andrew WaltonFTI Consulting, Public Relations (London)+44 (0)20 7269 7204andrew.walton@fticonsulting.com

 

Further information

 

Robert Francis Thomas Binyon, (aged 62) currently holds and has held (including all appointments during the five years preceding the date of this announcement), the following directorships and partnerships, other than the Company:

 

Current directorships:

Biovittoria Limited

Clean Engines International Inc, USA

GCP Australia Ltd

Khronos Advisory Ltd

AsianIndo Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore

GaiaAgri Services Ltd, Republic of Mauritius

Aureos BICB Advisers Sendirian Bhd, Brunei

Aureos CGC Advisers Sendirian Berhad, Malaysia

Aureos South Asia Managers Limited

Aureos China Managers Limited

Aureos Central Asia

Aureos India Trustees Pvt Ltd

Aureos South-East Asia Managers Limited

Schroder Asia Pacific Fund plc, United Kingdom

 

Former directorships/partnerships

(in the last five years):

Naturol Bio Energy Ltd Hyderabad, India

Fina Bank Rwanda

Fina Bank Kenya

Fina Bank Uganda

Restless Development

GCP Holdings Pte Ltd

 

 

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules

 

Notes to Editors:

 

VinaCapital

VinaCapital is a leading asset management and real estate development firm in Vietnam, with a diversified portfolio of USD1.5 billion in assets under management. VinaCapital was founded in 2003 and boasts a team of investment professionals who bring extensive international finance and investment experience to the firm. Our mission is to produce superior returns for investors by using our experience and knowledge to identify the key trends and opportunities that emerge as Vietnam continues to develop its economy. To achieve this, VinaCapital has teams with broad experience covering equity markets, fixed income, private equity, venture capital, real estate and infrastructure.

VinaCapital manages three closed-end funds trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. These funds are: VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited (VOF), VinaLand Limited (VNL), and Vietnam Infrastructure Limited (VNI). VinaCapital also co-manages the DFJ VinaCapital L.P. technology venture capital fund with Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

VinaCapital has offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Danang, Nha Trang, and Singapore. More information about VinaCapital is available at www.vinacapital.com.

 

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