Polar Capital Holdings PLC Directorate Change (7738V)
July 25 2018 - 9:38AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 7738V
Polar Capital Holdings PLC
25 July 2018
25 July 2018
Polar Capital Holdings PLC (the "Company")
Appointment of Non-executive Directors
Polar Capital Holdings PLC ("the Company") is pleased to
announce the following changes to the Board of Directors.
At a Board Meeting held after the Annual General Meeting Alexa
Coates was appointed as a non-executive Director and as Chair of
the Audit Committee to succeed Hugh Aldous. Alexa has also been
invited to join the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
Quintin Price was also appointed as a non-executive Director and
has been invited to join the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination
Committees.
Both appointments are subject to Financial Conduct Authority
approval.
Alexa is a chartered accountant with 25 years of experience in
finance and accounting. She has spent the last 10 years at a senior
level in the financial services industry, having joined HSBC in
2008 where she became the Global CFO of Asset Management before
heading up the finance function for Commercial Banking, Europe.
She is a non-executive director of Schroders Oriental Income
Fund Ltd, a Guernsey domiciled, London listed investment trust.
Quintin has had a 30 year career in the investment banking and
investment management industries, working at a senior level for a
number of leading companies. From 2005 to 2015 he was at BlackRock
where he was Global Head of Alpha Strategies and a member of the
Global Executive Committee.
He a Senior Advisor at Actis, a privately owned private equity,
real estate and energy & infrastructure company with $7.4bn of
AUM as of the first quarter end 2018.
Tom Bartlam, Chairman, commented "We are delighted that both
Alexa and Quintin have agreed to join the Board. They bring wide
experience of the investment management industry and we look
forward to benefitting from their extensive experience."
A full list of Alexa Coates' current directorships and past
directorships held within the last five years are listed below.
Current Directorships (as at 25 July 2018)
Position Company
Non-executive Schroders Oriental Income Fund Ltd
Director
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Past Directorships (in the last five years)
Position Company
Director HSBC (BGF) Investment Limited
(Investment holding company)
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Director HSBC Asset Finance M.O.G Holdings (UK)
Limited
(Investment holding company)
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Director HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
(Commercial banking operations company)
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Finance director HSBC Equipment Finance (UK) Limited
(Commercial banking operations company)
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Director HSBC Enterprise Investment Company (UK)
Limited
(Investment Holding company)
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Director HSBC Asset Finance Holdings Limited
(Holding company)
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Finance director HSBC Global Asset Management Limited
(Holding company)
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Director CCF & Partners Asset Management Limited
(Investment holding company)
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Director HSBC Investment Funds (Luxembourg) SA
(Management operating company)
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Alexa Coates does not currently hold any shares in the capital
of the Company.
Full Name Alexa Jane Coates
Age 48
Previous names Morrell
A full list of Quintin Prices' current directorships and past
directorships held within the last five years are listed below.
Current Directorships (as at 25 July 2018)
Position Company
Director Leconfield Group Limited
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Past Directorships (in the last five years)
Position Company
Director BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited
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Director BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Ltd
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Director BlackRock Group Limited
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Director BlackRock International Limited
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Director Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
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Quintin Price does not currently hold any shares in the capital
of the Company.
Full Name Quintin Rupert Salter Price
Age 57
Previous names None
Save as disclosed above, there are no further disclosures
required to be made in respect of the appointments under Schedule
2(g) or Rule 17 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Enquiries:
Polar Capital Holdings PLC
Tom Bartlam (Chairman)
Gavin Rochussen (CEO)
John Mansell (COO) +44 (0)20 7227 2700
Canaccord Genuity - Nomad and Joint Broker
Simon Bridges (QE)
Andrew Buchanan +44 (0)20 7523 8000
Peel Hunt - Joint Broker
Guy Wiehahn +44 (0)20 7418 8893
Camarco - PR Advisers
Ed Gascoigne-Pees +44 (0)20 3757 4984
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