People: Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC (ABD.L)


ABD.L on London Stock Exchange

907.00GBp
8:04am EDT
Price Change (% chg)

-16.00p (-1.75%)
Prev Close
917.00p
Open
900.00p
Day's High
901.00p
Day's Low
900.00p
Volume
10,594
Avg. Vol
22,167
52-wk High
1,050.00p
52-wk Low
747.80p

Search Stocks

Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

David Shearer

53 2012 Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board

Hugh Young

55 1989 Non-Executive Director

Nicholas George

59 2010 Independent Non-Executive Director

Richard Hills

57 2012 Senior Non-Executive Independent Director

John Lorimer

60 2010 Independent Non-Executive Director

Heather Manners

2012 Independent Non-Executive Director

Biographies

Name Description

David Shearer

Mr. David James Buchanan Shearer has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC., with effect from August 22, 2012. He has served as Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board, Senior Independent Director of the company. Formerly he is senior partner, Scotland & Northern Ireland and a UK executive board member of Deloitte LLP, and a former a non executive director of Scottish Financial Enterprise. He was previously chairman of Crest Nicholson PLC, a Governor of The Glasgow School of Art and, until early 2007, was a non executive director of HBOS plc. He is a non executive director of Martin Currie Holdings Limited and of City Inn Limited, a board level strategic advisor and turnaround specialist. He is Director of STV Group plc, Mithras Investment Trust PLC, Superglass Holdings PLC and Renold plc.

Hugh Young

Mr. Hugh Young is Non-Executive Director of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC. Mr. Young was an investment manager with Fidelity International and MGM Assurance prior to joining what is now Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited in December 1985. He is managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited, responsible for all the Aberdeen Group’s investments in Asia. He is Director of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust PLC, Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc., Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Investment Company Limited and Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited.

Nicholas George

Mr. Nicholas George is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC. Mr. George has 30 years of experience in investment banking and hedge funds focusing on the Asian region. Formerly a director of Robert Fleming Securities Limited, regional managing director at JP Morgan Securities Asia and managing director at HSBC Securities. In 2003, he co-founded KGR Capital, which was sold in 2008 to LGT Capital Partners. He is a director of GK Goh Holdings Limited, EuNetworks Limited and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc.

Richard Hills

Mr. Richard J. Hills has been appointed as Senior Non-Executive Independent Director of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC with effect from August 22, 2012. Mr. Hills formerly a director of Henderson Administration Ltd and a member of its investment policy committee. He was the administration director of the Institute for Quantitative Research and a founder director of FairFX, the pre-paid currency card provider. Currently Head of Risk at Argyll Investment Services Ltd, non executive chairman of the TACUS Fund Limited and a director of the Aztec Group Limited. He is director of Gartmore Global Trust PLC and JPMorgan Income & Capital Trust plc.

John Lorimer

Mr. John Lorimer is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC. Mr. Lorimer held a number of management positions in Citigroup prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank where he was group head of finance and latterly group head of compliance and regulatory risk. He is a member of the audit committee and a member of the board of trustees for Welsh National Opera and a trustee of the Charities Aid Foundation and chairman of CAF Bank Limited. He is Director of International Personal Finance plc. He will serve as the Chairman of Audit Committee with effect from August 22, 2012.

Heather Manners

Ms. Heather Manners has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of Aberdeen New Dawn Invest Trust PLC with effect from 1 May 2012. She is Chief Investment Officer at Prusik Investment Management. Prior to that, she was Head of Asia and Emerging Markets at Henderson Global Investors. She is also a Director of Prusik Asia Fund PLC, Prusik Asia Smaller Companies Fund Prusik Asian Equity Income Fund.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

David Shearer

25,000

Hugh Young

--

Nicholas George

--

Richard Hills

--

John Lorimer

--

Heather Manners

--
As Of 29 Apr 2012

Options Compensation

Search Stocks