The Board of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC announced the appointment of Richard Gabbertas as a new independent non-executive director, with immediate effect. Mr. Gabbertas is already on the board of Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited, the Company's banking subsidiary, having served as an independent non-executive director since November 2020. Richard Kenneth Gabbertas, aged 64, is a highly experienced accountant and auditor, having been a partner of KPMG for 23 years, with a client base consisting of a number of financial services and banking firms, prior to his retirement in 2018.

Since 1 June 2024, he has been the Chairman of the Arbuthnot Latham Risk Committee, having previously been Chairman of its Audit Committee. He is currently a non-executive director of a banking company, Recognise Bank Limited, a subsidiary of City of London Group plc of which he is also a director. He was previously a director of Hadwin Investments Limited which was dissolved on 2 April 2024.

He is or has been a director of the following companies or partner in the following partnerships in the last five years: Current directorships: Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited, Recognise Bank Limited, and City of London Group plc (in voluntary liquidation). Past directorships: Hadwin Investments Limited.