CGEO Georgia Capital Plc

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Georgia Capital PLC

17 October 2022

London, 17 October 2022

Georgia Capital PLC announces a new appointment to its Board of Directors

Georgia Capital PLC ("Georgia Capital" or "the Group") announces a new appointment to the Board of Directors ("the Board") with immediate effect. Neil Janin has joined the Board as an independent non-executive director. Mr Janin has also been appointed as a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees and will join the Supervisory Board of JSC Georgia Capital.

Irakli Gilauri , Chairman and CEO of Georgia Capital, commented: "We are pleased to welcome Neil to our Board of Directors. Neil Janin has extensive experience of serving as a non-executive director of Georgian groups who are also listed on the London Stock Exchange. His career spans Europe, Asia and North America, across the retail, asset management and corporate banking industries, and all areas of organisational practice, including governance, culture, design, leadership, performance enhancement, change and transformation. Neil is bringing his considerable insight of international strategic and commercial practices, in addition to significant experience of governance and the Georgian investment climate, for the Group's future development."

Biography

Neil Janin has extensive experience as Non-Executive Director of Georgian groups that are also listed on the premium sector of the London Stock Exchange: he was Chair and Non-Executive Director of BGEO Group PLC from October 2011 until 21 May 2018 and of Bank of Georgia Group PLC from February 2018 until 10 March 2022, and he served as Non-Executive Director of Georgia Capital PLC's (then listed) subsidiary Georgia Healthcare Group PLC from September 2015 until 30 April 2018. He serves as counsel to CEOs of both for-profit and non-profit organisations and continues to provide consulting services to McKinsey & Company. Mr Janin was a Director of McKinsey & Company, based in its Paris office, for over 27 years, from 1982 until his retirement. At McKinsey & Company, he conducted engagements in the retail, asset management and corporate banking sectors, and was actively involved in every aspect of organisational practice, including design, leadership, governance, performance enhancement and transformation. Before joining McKinsey & Company, Mr Janin worked for Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) in New York and Paris, and Procter & Gamble in Toronto. Mr Janin has practised in Europe, Asia and North America. He is also a Director of Neil Janin Limited, a company through which he provides his ongoing consulting services. Neil Janin holds an MBA from York University, Toronto, and a joint honours degree in Economics and Accounting from McGill University, Montreal.

There are no other details that are required to be disclosed under 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification: Giorgi Alpaidze, Chief Financial Officer

About Georgia Capital PLC

Georgia Capital is a platform for buying, building and developing businesses in Georgia with holdings in sectors that are expected to benefit from the continued growth and further diversification of the Georgian economy. The Group's focus is typically on larger-scale investment opportunities in Georgia, which have the potential to reach at least GEL 300 million equity value over 3-5 years from the initial investment and to monetise them through exits, as investments mature. Georgia Capital currently has the following portfolio businesses: (i) a retail (pharmacy) business, (ii) a hospitals business, (iii) an insurance business (P&C and medical insurance); (iv) a clinics and diagnostics business, (v) a renewable energy business (hydro and wind assets) and (vi) an education business; Georgia Capital also holds other small private businesses across different industries in Georgia; a 20% equity stake in the water utility business and a 20% equity stake in LSE premium-listed Bank of Georgia Group PLC ("BoG"), a leading universal bank in Georgia.

 
 JSC Georgia Capital has, as 
  of the date hereof, the following 
  credit ratings: 
 
      S&P Global    'B+'/FC & 'B+'/LC 
      Moody's       B1/CFR & B1/PDR 
 

For further information, please visit www.georgiacapital.ge or contact:

 
 Irakli Gilauri                  Giorgi Alpaidze           Michael Oliver                  Shalva Bukia 
 Chairman and Chief Executive    Chief Financial Officer   Adviser to the Chairman & CEO   Head of Investor Relations 
 ir@gcap.ge                      +995 322 005 000          +44 203 178 4034                + 995 322 005 045 
                                 ir@gcap.ge                ir@gcap.ge                      ir@gcap.ge 
 

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