Vertu Capital Limited Change of Director (1437N)
May 08 2018 - 2:01AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1437N
Vertu Capital Limited
08 May 2018
8 May 2018
Vertu Capital Limited
("Vertu" or the "Company")
(LSE:VCBC)
Change of Director
Vertu Capital Limited announces that the Rt Hon Mark Simmonds
has joined the board as Non-Executive Director with immediate
effect.
Mark was, until recently, a Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Minister with responsibilities for Africa, the Caribbean, UK
Overseas Territories, International Energy and Conflict Prevention.
He served as a Member of the UK Parliament for 14 years.
He focussed on driving and facilitating inward investment into
Africa across a range of key economic sectors including
hydrocarbons, financial services, infrastructure, energy and
agriculture. He has a huge knowledge of the economic and political
composition of African governments, countries and regions. He also
chaired the UN Security Council on two occasions.
He now has a number of international roles including acting as a
senior consultant to Kroll and as Chairman of the Global Advisory
Board of investment platform 'Invest Africa'. He is a senior
advisor to Farallon Capital, Chairman of FinComEco, and an Advisory
Board Member of the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment
Council.
Prior to becoming the UK Government Minister for Africa, Mark
was heavily involved in the real estate sector having dealt with
commercial real estate as a Partner of Strutt & Parker and as a
Director of CBRE. He also founded his own real estate business,
dealing with direct investment and investment advisory projects. He
has served as an independent director on a UBS Euro Zone Fund.
Mark Simmonds is also currently a director of:
Mortlock Simmonds Limited;
Mortlock Securities Limited; and
Block Commodities Limited.
There are no further details in respect of the Rt Hon Mark
Simmonds to be disclosed pursuant to LR 9.6.11, LR 9.6.12 or LR
9.6.13 of the Listing Rules, FCA Handbook
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014
For more information please visit the Company's website at
www.vertucapital.co.uk.
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For further information:
Vertu Capital Limited
Du Kiat Wai "William" - Chairman
www.vertucapital.co.uk +603 5613 3388
Optiva Securities Ltd
Jeremy King - (Financial
Adviser) +44 (0) 20 3137 1904
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