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The Board and Committees
The Board
The Company benefits from a diverse board of directors with the right balance of skills, knowledge and experience. All of the directors are non-executive and independent of the Investment Manager.
Sue Inglis
Chair
Date of appointment
18 October 2021
Committee membership
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Relevant skills and experience
Sue is an experienced lawyer and corporate financier with comprehensive investment company sector knowledge and technical expertise from more than 30 years advising listed investment companies and financial institutions. Her executive roles included Managing Director – Corporate Finance in the investment companies team at Cantor Fitzgerald Europe and investment companies and financial institutions teams at Canaccord Genuity. Sue was a partner and head of the funds and financial services group at Shepherd & Wedderburn, a leading Scottish law firm. In 1999 she was a founding partner of Intelli Corporate Finance, an advisory boutique firm focusing on the asset management and investment company sectors, which was acquired by Canaccord Genuity in 2009.
Sue retired as an executive in 2018 to pursue a career as a non-executive director, focusing on investment companies. Sue has previously served on the boards of several listed investment companies, including NextEnergySolar Fund Limited, and was chair of The Bankers Investment Trust PLC.
Current external appointments
Listed companies: Sue is the senior independent director of Baillie Growth US Growth Trust PLC and Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC. She is also the senior independent director and chair of the audit committee of CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust PLC and Momentum Multi-Asset Value Trust PLC.
Other significant appointments: None.
Mukesh Rajani
Senior Independent Director
Date of appointment
18 October 2021
Committee membership
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Relevant skills and experience
Mukesh is an experienced advisory, tax, structuring and audit professional with more than 40 years of experience. He worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) for 35 years, where he was a partner for 25 years. During his time at PwC, Mukesh advised leading UK and international organisations on a broad range of complex business issues including market assessment, entry strategy, regulatory requirements, partner selection, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, business reorganisations, capital markets, tax structuring, tax litigation and complex cross-border matters. He was a member of PwC’s Emerging Markets Group and established and led PwC’s India Business Group for more than 20 years.
Mukesh was previously an independent non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of the UK India Business Council, an advocacy and strategic advisory business on a mission to build economic prosperity in the UK and India.
Current external appointments
Listed companies: None.
Other significant appointments: None.
Kirstine Damkjær
Director
Date of appointment
18 October 2021
Committee membership
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Relevant skills and experience
Kirstine is is a chair and non-executive director at several companies in Africa, Denmark and the UK. She has over 25 years of international investment and asset management experience from positions as non-executive director, CEO of EKF the Danish Export Credit Agency, Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Equity at the International Finance Corporation and Principal with the World Bank Pension Plan and Endowment.
Kirstine has worked across multiple sectors with a strong focus on the sustainability and climate investment agendas.
Kirstine is a graduate of the University of Aarhus, Denmark and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and has attended trainings at Stanford, IMD, INSEAD and Copenhagen Business School.
Current external appointments
Listed companies: None.
Other significant appointments: Kirstine is non-executive chair at Formuepleje She is also a non-executive director at Africa Finance Corporation, Pension Danmark, Resource Danmark and Bladt Industries.
Clifford Tompsett
Director
Date of appointment
18 October 2021
Committee membership
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Relevant skills and experience
Clifford is an experienced advisory, transaction and audit professional having spent his whole career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”), including the last 26 years as a partner. He has deep experience and knowledge of work in emerging markets and across a range of sectors and the execution of complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions. He created, built and led PwC’s Global IPO Centre based in London and with hubs in Hong Kong and New York.
Clifford has previously served as an independent non-executive director and the chair of the audit committee of three Nasdaq listed purpose acquisition companies: Kismet Acquisition One Corp, which completed the US$1.9 billion acquisition of Nexters Inc. an international game development company in 2021, Kismet Acquisition Three Corp, and Quadro Acquisition One Corp. He is also a former senior independent director and chair of the audit and risk committee of Cello Health plc, the AIM-listed global healthcare advisory company.
Clifford is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Current external appointments
Listed companies: None.
Other significant appointments: Clifford is an independent non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of REED Global Limited (the recruitment company).
Committee membership
A
Audit and risk committee
E
ESG Committee
M
Management engagement committee
N
Nomination committee
R
Remuneration committee
Chair
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