Schroder Oriental Income Fund Limited announced the appointment of Alexa Coates as a non-executive Director of the company, with effect from 9 February 2018. Mrs. Coates, 47, was a senior executive at HSBC for nine years where she served as the Global CFO for the Group's Asset Management business and more recently led the finance function for Commercial Banking operations in the UK and across Europe. She has 25 years of experience in Finance, having worked in senior roles in retail, healthcare and professional services at J Sainsbury, BUPA, Williams Lea and CIT Bank. Mrs. Coates is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and graduated with a first class degree in mathematics from the University of Birmingham.