Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc Announces Appointment of New Directors
January 08, 2020 at 06:04 am
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The Board announced the appointment of Ms. Caroline Roxburgh and Mr. Jonathan Simpson-Dent as non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from 1 February 2020. Ms. Caroline Roxburgh is a Chartered Accountant and was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP until 2016. She has over 30 years' business experience advising boards in a range of industry sectors, on business strategy, risk management, governance, financial reporting and internal control. Her experience covers developing businesses to large listed companies in the UK and internationally. Caroline is a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc, a non-executive director and chair of the audit and risk committee of Edinburgh International Festival Society, a non-executive director of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a publicly appointed member of the board of directors and chair of the audit and risk committee of VisitScotland. Mr. Jonathan Simpson-Dent has spent the majority of his career running entrepreneurial Private Equity and listed mid-cap international growth businesses across multiple sectors, being a former CEO of Evander Group, Cardpoint and WLT (EMEA), CCO of Cardtronics Inc. and CFO of HomeServe Plc and General Healthcare Group. He has also previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, McKinsey & Company and PepsiCo. He is also the Chair of Bromford Housing Group Ltd. and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. The appointment of Ms Roxburgh and Mr. Simpson-Dent fall to be ratified by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in January 2021.
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company operates as an investment trust. Its investment objective is the achievement of long-term capital growth by investing primarily in listed companies throughout the world. The Company invests on various sectors, including biotechnology, software, aerospace and defense, healthcare equipment and supplies, life sciences tools and services, healthcare technology, technology hardware, storage and peripherals, pharmaceuticals, capital markets, electronic equipment, instruments and components, electrical equipment, food and staples retailing, real estate management and development, professional services, diversified consumer services, healthcare providers and services, Internet and direct marketing retail, insurance, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, auto components, interactive media and services. Baillie Gifford & Co Limited is the alternative investment manager to the Company.