Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC Appointment of non-executive director (7537A)

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RNS Number : 7537A

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC

03 June 2019

3 June 2019

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC

Appointment of non-executive director

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC (the "Group", the "Company", or "ABG") is delighted to announce the appointment of Nigel Boardman as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.

Nigel served as a partner in Slaughter and May from 1982 until his retirement from the partnership on 30 April 2019. While a partner he served, inter alia, as Head of Corporate from 1996 to 2004.

Nigel has received a number of accolades including the Financial Times' Special Achievement Award;, Chambers Directories Lifetime Achievement Award, Lawyer of the Decade Award from Financial News and has been ranked as a 'star performer' for Corporate and M&A work by Chambers in its UK, Europe and Global directories.

Nigel is a consulting editor of the Oxford University Press's 'Annotated Companies Acts' and is on the Editorial Board of the 'Journal for Corporate and Commercial Law and Practice'. He is a Vice President of Save the Children UK, a non-executive board member at the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy and a Deputy Chairman of the British Museum.

Sir Henry Angest, Chairman and Chief Executive of ABG commented "We are delighted to welcome Nigel to the Board of ABG. Nigel Boardman is widely regarded as one of the outstanding corporate lawyers of his generation, He brings not only a wealth of experience but also a degree of pragmatism and an insightful intellect. We look forward to working with him as our Company continues to grow."

Nigel Patrick Gray Boardman, aged 68, is or has been a director of the following companies or partner in the following partnerships in the last five years:

 
Current                     Past five years 
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Hot Spots Movement Limited  Slaughter and May 
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The British Museum Friends 
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There is no further information relating to Nigel Boardman that is required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 2(g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies or paragraph 21 of Appendix 1 to the NEX Exchange - Rules for Issuers.

The directors of the Company accept responsibility for the contents of this announcement.

Contacts

 
Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC                                            Tel: [phone] 
Sir Henry Angest, Chairman and Chief Executive 
 Andrew Salmon, Group Chief Operating Officer 
 James Cobb, Group Finance Director 
Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser and NEX Exchange Corporate Adviser)  Tel: [phone] 
Colin Aaronson / Samantha Harrison / Niall McDonald 
Numis Securities Limited (Joint Broker)                                Tel: [phone] 
Chris Wilkinson/ Stephen Westgate 
Shore Capital (Joint Broker)                                           Tel: [phone] 
 Hugh Morgan/ Daniel Bush 
Maitland (Financial PR)                                                Tel: [phone] 
Neil Bennett / Jais Mehaji / Sam Cartwright 
 

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