JPMorgan Japan Smaller Co Tst PLC Directorate Change - Appointment of Directors (7316Z)
May 21 2019 - 7:19AM
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JPMorgan Japan Smaller Co Tst PLC
21 May 2019
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
JPMORGAN JAPAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC
APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300KP3CRHPQ4RF811
Information disclosed in accordance with Listing Rule
9.6.11(R)
The Board of JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies Trust plc is
pleased to announce the appointments of Martin Shenfield and Tom
Walker as Non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from
29th July 2019, immediately after the Company's Annual General
Meeting.
Mr Shenfield has over 35 years' experience in the asset
management industry which includes managing both institutional and
retail funds and overseeing global asset allocation, as well as
holding several senior management positions. He is currently
managing director of strategy at TS Lombard as well as acting as a
general adviser to various family offices and funds. Mr Shenfield
has extensive experience of the Asia Pacific including Japanese
capital markets, having been a long-standing active portfolio
manager of both institutional mandates and retail funds focused on
the Japanese equity market and was seconded to Fidelity
International's Tokyo office for three years from 1984 to 1987. He
is a specialist in Asia Pacific macroeconomics and is also well
versed in the analysis of individual Japanese sectors and
companies. Mr Shenfield holds an MA in Classics and History from
Cambridge University. He is a Director of Martin Currie Asia
Unconstrained Trust plc.
Mr Shenfield does not currently own any shares in the
Company.
Mr Walker was until recently, a portfolio manager at Martin
Currie Investment Management Limited where latterly he headed up
their Global Long Term Unconstrained equity team. As part of his
responsibilities, he managed an investment trust, Martin Currie
Global Portfolio Trust plc, as well as other global segregated
portfolios. He joined Martin Currie in 1996, initially to lead
their Pacific Basin investment team, subsequently moving to head
their North America team. Mr Walker qualified as a chartered
accountant with Thomson McLintock, now KPMG, then moved into
investment management with Edinburgh Fund Managers and subsequently
worked in Hong Kong with Baring Asset Management before joining
Martin Currie. Mr Walker holds an MA in Law from Cambridge
University. He is a Director of EP Global Opportunities Trust
plc.
Mr Walker does not currently own any shares in the Company.
No other information is required to be disclosed pursuant to
9.6.13(2) - (6) of the UKLA Listing Rules for Mr Shenfield or Mr
Walker.
21st May 2019
For further information, please contact:
Divya Amin
JPMorgan Funds Limited - Secretary
Telephone 0207 742 4000
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