Board of Schroder Japan Trust
plc
Board
Changes
4 July 2024
The Board of Schroder Japan Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce the
appointment of Ms Samantha Wren and Ms
Merryn Somerset Webb as independent non-executive directors of the
Company, with effect from 4 July 2024. Samantha will be
appointed as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee with effect from
4 July 2024, to succeed Belinda Richards who resigned from her
position as a non-executive director of the Company and as Chair of
the Audit and Risk Committee, with effect from 3 July 2024. Both
Samantha and Merryn will become members of the Management
Engagement Committee and the Nomination Committee. Merryn will also
become a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Samantha Wren
Samantha has extensive accounting and
auditing experience. She has previously held the position of Chief
Executive at IPGL Limited, a private investment firm where she held
a number of directorships of investee companies across a variety of
sectors. Before her tenure at IPGL, she served as a board member
and Group Chief Financial Officer and Group Chief Operating Officer
at NEX Group plc. Earlier in her career, Samantha held various
positions at The Rank Group plc, where she also served as a
director of the Rank Pension Plan Trustee Limited. Samantha is a
qualified Chartered Management Accountant and holds an honours
degree in Economics from the University of Portsmouth. She is
currently a non-executive director of Chapel Down Group plc where
she chairs the remuneration committee and The City of London
Investment Trust plc, where she also chairs the Audit
Committee.
Samantha Wren holds 1,650 ordinary
shares in Schroder Japan Trust plc.
Merryn Somerset Webb
Merryn is a seasoned financial expert
with a comprehensive understanding of investment trusts. Known for
her role as a senior columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and before
that for the FT, she regularly shares her financial insights across
various media. She was also Editor-in-Chief of MoneyWeek, the UK
personal finance magazine. Merryn's previous non-executive
directorships include Murray Income Investment Trust plc, Baillie
Gifford Shin Nippon plc, Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust
plc and Netwealth Investments Limited. She is currently a
director of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc. Early in her career,
Merryn worked in Tokyo as an institutional salesperson in Japanese
equities for UBS Warburg, having previously studied Japanese at
SOAS (University of London) and as a Daiwa scholar in
Japan.
Philip Kay, Chairman of the Company,
said:
"I
am delighted that Samantha and Merryn are joining the Board of
Schroder Japan Trust plc. They both bring significant and highly
relevant experience and knowledge to the Company. My fellow
board members and I welcome Samantha and Merryn and very much look
forward to working with them. The Board and I would also like
to thank Belinda for her great contribution
and wise counsel to the Company over the past six
years."
There are no other details to be
disclosed, in respect of Samantha Wren and Merryn Somerset Webb
under Listing Rule 9.6.13R.
Enquiries:
Schroder Investment Management Limited
Katherine Fyfe (Company
Secretarial)
Kirsty Preston (PR)
Tel: 020 7658 6000