EPE Special Opportunities PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Director (5919W)
February 10 2017 - 2:39AM
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EPE Special Opportunities PLC
10 February 2017
EPE Special Opportunities Plc
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
EPE Special Opportunities plc ("ESO plc" or the "Company") today
announces the appointment of Heather Bestwick as a Non-Executive
Director with immediate effect.
Heather Bestwick has been a financial services professional for
25 years, onshore in the City of London and offshore in the Cayman
Islands and Jersey. She qualified as an English solicitor,
specialising in ship finance, with City firm Norton Rose, and
worked in their London and Athens offices for 8 years.
Heather joined global offshore law firm Walkers in the Cayman
Islands, and became Managing Partner of the Walkers Jersey office
in 2007. She joined Jersey Finance in 2010 as Technical Director
and Deputy Chief Executive, leading the development of finance
industry legislation on behalf of industry (including the
introduction of the Jersey Private Placement Fund and the AIFMD
compliant regime; overseeing the amendments to the Companies and
Trusts Laws) and liaising with the regulator and government.
Heather also sat on the committees of the industry trade bodies
(JFA, JBA, JATCO, JSCCA and the Financial and Commercial
sub-committee of the Law Society) and is a founding member of
Jersey Maritime International.
Heather is now an independent non-executive director, and is
registered with the Jersey Financial Services Commission. She is a
member of the Channel Islands committee of the Association of
Investment Companies.
Geoffrey Vero, Chairman of ESO plc, commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Heather to the Board of ESO plc. Her
track record of success and extensive experience in financial
services will be invaluable to ESO plc as we continue to grow our
industry-leading business."
In relation to the appointment of Heather Bestwick to the Board
of Directors, ESO confirms that there is nothing further to
disclose in relation to her appointment under AIM Rule 17 or
Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies, save as
required and disclosed in this announcement:
Full name: Heather Bestwick
Age: 58 years old
Current directorships: ACIS Loan Funding Limited
Andium Homes Limited
Deutsche International Corporate
Services Limited
Equiom (Guernsey) Limited
Equiom (Jersey) Limited
Equiom Trust (CI) Limited
Rokos Capital Management (GP)
Ltd
Rokos Intermediate (Jersey)
Ltd
Sole Shipping SO Adviser Limited
Sole Shipping SO II GP Limited
Directorships in AEP 2003 Limited
the last 5 years: AEP 2008 Limited
AEP 2012 Limited
Altair Partners Limited
Altamas Resources Limited
BSREP Marina Village Limited
Century Limited
Cyan Blue Topco Limited
Fundamental Global Corporate
Secured Loan Fund Limited
GCP Infrastructure OEIC Limited
Invision Capital Partners IV
Limited
Invision Capital Partners V
Limited
Invision IV Co-invest General
Partner Limited
Jersey Finance Limited
Triton Advisers Limited
Heather Bestwick holds no Ordinary Shares in the Company.
Enquiries:
EPIC Private Equity LLP Alex Leslie
+44 (0) 20 7269 8865
FIM Capital Limited (formerly Philip Scales
IOMA Fund +44 (0) 1624 681250
and Investment Management
Limited)
Numis Securities Ltd +44 (0) 20 7260 1000
Nominated Advisor: Stuart Skinner / Hugh
Corporate Broker: Jonathan
Charles Farquhar
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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