Odyssean Investment Trust PLC Directorate Change (8432Q)
February 23 2023 - 3:36AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 8432Q
Odyssean Investment Trust PLC
23 February 2023
23 February 2023
ODYSSEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
(the "Company")
Appointment of New Director
The Board of Odyssean Investment Trust PLC is pleased to
announce the appointment of Neil Mahapatra as an independent,
non-executive Director of the Company, with effect from Monday, 3
April 2023.
Mr Mahapatra is a Founder and Managing Partner of Kingsley
Capital Partners LLP, a family office backed private investment
firm that creates and builds businesses from inception. Through
Kingsley, Mr Mahapatra has created numerous companies across
different sectors, including FTSE-listed biotechnology firm Oxford
Cannabinoid Technologies and UK wholesale fibre internet business
Spring Fibre, which recently closed a GBP155m investment from the
infrastructure fund of River & Mercantile plc. Neil is a
Director of Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies Limited and is also
Chair of the MASS Design Group, working with the two founders for
over a decade to grow the organisation into one of the leading
architecture & design firms in the world.
Previously he worked at J. Rothschild Capital Management, where
he led the private investment activities for Lord Rothschild and
RIT Capital Partners plc.
Neil began his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley
and holds a BA in Biological Sciences from Oxford University, where
he was President of the Oxford Union. He also holds an MBA from the
Harvard Business School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.
The Chair of Odyssean Investment Trust PLC, Jane Tufnell,
commented:
"My fellow Directors and I are delighted to welcome Neil to the
Board. We are very pleased to have someone with such a breadth of
investment experience joining us as a Director."
Mr Mahapatra appointment will be proposed to shareholders for
election at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in
September 2023.
Mr Mahapatra currently holds no ordinary shares in the
Company.
There is no further information to be disclosed under Listing
Rule 9.6.13R(2) to (6).
- ENDS-
For further information please contact:
Mark Pope Frostrow Capital LLP 020 3 008 4913
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