16 September 2022
Oryx International Growth Fund Limited
Directorate Changes
Appointment of new directors - Gavin Farrell and Jamie Brooke
The Board of Oryx International Growth Fund Limited ("the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Gavin Farrell as an independent non-executive director of the Company, effective 15 September 2022.
Mr Farrell was brought up in France, Germany and England and read law at the universities of Paris, Münster and London. He qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, a French Avocat and an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey. He worked for a number of years at Simmons & Simmons in their London and Paris offices, both in the general corporate and financial services/funds departments. He then moved to Guernsey in 1999 where he was called as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey. Mr Farrell became a partner in January 2003 of the corporate department of the then Ozannes, which became Mourant Ozannes where he ended as a senior partner and head of the Corporate Department. He left Mourant Ozannes in November 2016 to be one of the founding partners of Ferbrache & Farrell LLP. His practice covers general corporate and banking work, funds and the asset management industry. He also holds a number of directorships in both public and private investment funds, captive insurance companies, active management entities and trading groups. Mr Farrell is a resident of Guernsey.
The Board is also pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Jamie Brooke as an independent non-executive director of the Company, effective today.
Mr Brooke has over 25 years investment experience and has been a director on over 20 boards. He was formerly lead fund manager for the Hanover Catalyst Fund, prior to which he was at Lombard Odier where as a fund manager he specialised in strategic UK small cap equity investing, having moved with the Volantis team from Henderson Global, and before that, Gartmore. Earlier experience was gained at 3i and Quester in the venture and leveraged buyout divisions after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. Mr Brooke read Maths at Oxford University and is currently NED at Chapel Down Group plc and Flowtech Fluidpower plc.
Regulatory Disclosure
There is no information concerning Mr Farrell or Mr Brooke which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 R (2) to (6) inclusive.
Retirement of directors - Rupert Evans and Walid Chatila
Additionally, the Board announces that Mr Rupert Evans and Mr Walid Chatila, both non-executive directors of the Company, have resigned from the Company effective 15 September 2022. Mr Evans has been on the Board since 1994 and Mr Chatila since 2005, and the Board would like to express immense gratitude for the valuable contributions made during their tenures.
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Enquiries:
BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A., Guernsey Branch
Company Secretary
Colin Eastburn-Mallory
01481 750807
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