Foreign&Col Pacific - Re Directorate
01 July 1997 - 8:32AM
UK Regulatory
RNS No 7337a
FOREIGN & COLONIAL PACIFIC INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
1st July 1997
Foreign & Colonial Pacific Investment Trust PLC
Appoint a New Director
Foreign & Colonial Pacific Investment Trust PLC is pleased to announce that
Mr Christopher Purvis has been appointed as a non-executive director of the
Company with effect from 1st July 1997.
Mr Purvis, 46, was until recently a Managing Director of SBC Warburg, having
joined in 1974. He was Branch Manager of the Tokyo office from 1982 to 1987
and again from 1989 to 1992. Most recently he was Chief Operating Officer of
the Corporate Finance Division of SBC Warburg based in London.
The Chairman of the Trust, Mr A J Davis, commented:-
"We are delighted to welcome Christopher to the Board of Foreign & Colonial
Pacific. Not only will the company benefit greatly from his experience and
knowledge of the City, but also from his specialist advice in relation to
Japan."
Contact: Ian Wright,
Foreign & Colonial 0171 628 8000
David Lloyd, Audrey Yeung
Financial Dynamics 0171 831 3113
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