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Burford Capital Limited
21 December 2020
21 December 2020
BURFORD CAPITAL APPOINTS ANDREA MULLER NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Burford Capital Limited, the leading global finance and asset
management firm focused on law, today announces the appointment
with immediate effect of Andrea Muller as a non-executive
director.
Ms. Muller (61) is an accomplished international finance
professional who came to the financial services industry after more
than a decade at global law firm Shearman & Sterling, where she
was a European partner.
Most recently, Ms. Muller was an Executive Director and Global
Head Institutional Business at Principal Global Investors, where
she was previously CEO of Asia. Before that, Ms. Muller was a
Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific for Fitch Ratings and a
Managing Director at UBS in both Singapore and Paris. She began her
career at Shearman & Sterling, where she worked as a corporate
lawyer in both New York and Paris. Her law degree is from
Georgetown University Law Center, where she served on the Law
Review, as is her undergraduate degree (cum laude), from its School
of Foreign Service. She also received a Masters in European Union
Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.
Ms. Muller will also serve on Burford's audit committee, where
three of four members are now directors appointed within the past
twelve months.
Sir Peter Middleton, Burford's Chairman, commented:
"We are delighted to have Andrea join the Burford board. Having
held senior positions in the US, Europe and Asia, she brings a
breadth of international experience that will be invaluable to
Burford, particularly as the business continues its global
expansion, and her strong legal background makes her particularly
well-qualified to take on this role. Given our long-standing work
to build a team of diverse people across our business, we are also
delighted to welcome Andrea as Burford's first female board
member."
Other required disclosures
Ms. Andrea Kyle Muller's maiden name was Andrea Kyle Smith, and
save as disclosed below, in relation to current and prior
directorships, Burford Capital Limited confirms that there are no
further disclosures to be made in relation to Rule 17 of paragraph
(g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of
Ms. Andrea Kyle Muller's appointment.
Current directorships: Andrea Kyle Muller LLC
Directorships in the past five CIMB Principal Islamic Management
years: Sdn. Bhd
Post Advisory Group, LLC
Principal Global Investors (Hong
Kong) Limited
Principal Global Investors (Singapore)
Limited
Spectrum Asset Management, Inc
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For further information, please contact:
Burford Capital Limited
Jim Kilman, Chief Financial Officer +1 917 985 9840
Robert Bailhache, Head of Investor Relations, +44 (0)20 3530
EMEA and Asia - email 2023
Jim Ballan, Head of Investor Relations, Americas +1 (646) 793
- email 9176
Numis Securities Limited - NOMAD and Joint +44 (0)20 7260
Broker 1000
Huw Jeremy (NOMAD)
Charlie Farquhar / Jonathan Abbott (Joint Broker)
+44 (0)20 7029
Jefferies International Limited - Joint Broker 8000
Graham Davidson
Tony White
About Burford Capital
Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset
management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation
finance and risk management , asset recovery and a wide range of
legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded
on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock
Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with law firms and clients around
the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago,
Washington, Singapore and Sydney.
For more information, please visit www.burfordcapital.com .
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any ordinary shares or other
securities of Burford.
This release does not constitute an offer of any Burford fund.
Burford Capital Investment Management LLC ("BCIM"), which acts as
the fund manager of all Burford funds, is registered as an
investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. The information provided herein is for informational
purposes only. Past performance is not indicative of future
results. The information contained herein is not, and should not be
construed as, an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy any securities (including, without limitation, interests or
shares in the funds). Any such offer or solicitation may be made
only by means of a final confidential Private Placement Memorandum
and other offering documents.
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