Origo Partners PLC Directorate Change (5500Q)

TIDMOPP TIDMOPPP

RNS Number : 5500Q

Origo Partners PLC

12 September 2017

12 September 2017

Origo Partners plc

("Origo", the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries the "Group")

Directorate Change

Origo is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Hiroshi Funaki as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 September 2017. Mr Funaki has been appointed as a director of the Company following a nomination by the Company's largest ordinary shareholder, Pacific Alliance Investment Management, pursuant to article 74 of the Company's articles of association.

From 2000 to 2015 Mr Funaki worked at Edmond de Rothschild Securities where he led the Investment Companies team, focusing on Emerging Markets and Alternative Assets. Prior to that he was Head of Research at Robert Fleming Securities, also specialising in closed-end funds. He currently acts as a consultant to a number of emerging market investors. He has a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University.

The directorships and partnerships currently held by Mr Funaki and over the five years preceding the date of appointment are as follows:

 
Mr Hiroshi Funaki, aged 46 
Current directorships/partnerships  Previous directorships/partnerships 
Discover Investment                 None 
 Company 
 

There are no further disclosures to be made pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

For further information about Origo please visit www.origoplc.com or contact:

 
Origo Partners plc                              [e-mail] 
 Niklas Ponnert 
Nominated Adviser 
 Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited 
 Azhic Basirov 
 Ben Jeynes                                      [phone] 
Public Relations 
 Aura Financial 
 Andy Mills                                      [phone] 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

BOABUGDCXGBBGRD

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 12, 2017 11:59 ET (15:59 GMT)