Directorate Change
March 10 2003 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:4850I
Singer & Friedlander Group PLC
10 March 2003
Singer Friedlander Group PLC
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
The Board of Singer & Friedlander Group PLC is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr Richard Bernays as an independent non-executive director of
the Company with effect from 10th March 2003.
Mr Bernays has over thirty years of experience in the financial services
industry. He spent 21 years at Mercury Asset Management and was vice chairman
from 1987 to 1992. From 1992 to 1996 he was chief executive of the Hill Samuel
Asset Management Group. During 1996 he was deputy chairman of Jupiter Asset
Management. From 1998 to 2001 he was chief executive of Capel-Cure Sharp and was
deputy chairman of Old Mutual Financial Services (UK) plc. He is currently
chairman of Wiggins Group Plc and he is also a Non-Executive Director of a
number of investment trusts.
There are no details requiring disclosure in relation to Mr Bernays under
paragraphs 6.F.2 (b) to (g) of the UKLA Listing Rules.
For and on behalf of
Singer & Friedlander Group PLC
Stephen Doherty, Company Secretary
Richard Oliver Bernays MA (59) list of directorships and voluntary positions
held
Current Non-Executive positions held
Chairman Wiggins Group Plc
Chairman Martin Currie Income and Growth Trust Plc
Chairman Gartmore Global Trust Plc
Director The Throgmorton Trust Plc
Chairman Impax Environmental Market Plc
Chairman Cossack Bond Co Ltd.
Chairman Singer & Friedlander AIM 3 Fund Plc
Director Gartmore Capital Strategy Fund Ltd
Chairman Firecrest Capital Ltd.
Chairman of the Audit Committee Threadneedle Investments
Previous Positions
1987 - 1992 Vice Chairman, Mercury Asset Management Plc
1992 - 1996 Chief Executive, Hill Samuel Asset Management
1996 Deputy Chairman, Jupiter Asset Management
1998 - 2001 Chief Executive, Old Mutual International Ltd.
and Capel Cure Sharp Ltd.
Other Voluntary Interests
Chairman of the Council Cheltenham Ladies College
Member of the National Events Committee Cancer Research UK
Member of the Investment Committee Trinity College, Oxford
Member of the Investment Committee Save The Children Fund
Member of the Investment Panel Royal College of Obstetricians &
Gynaecologists
Previous Non-Executive Appointments
1987 - 1990 Director, Lautro
1992 - 1996 Member of the Chairman's Committee, LIBA
1992 - 1996 Member, Institutional Shareholders Committee
1997 - 2000 Chairman of Finance and Executive Committee,
Cheltenham Ladies College
1997 - 2001 Director, India Public Sector Fund Limited
2000 - 2001 Member of Securities Trading Committee, LIBA
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