Non-Executive Director appointment

22 June 2020

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting plc

('Alpha FMC', 'Alpha', the 'Company' or 'Group')

Non-Executive Director appointment

Alpha FMC (AIM: AFM), a leading global provider of specialist consultancy services to the Asset and Wealth Management industry, is pleased to announce that Jill May will be appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 July 2020. 

Jill has over 20 years' experience in investment banking, with her executive career spent working in corporate finance for SG Warburg & Co. Ltd from 1985 to 1995, and senior positions in Group Strategy at UBS where she was a Managing Director from 2001 to 2012.  She was a Panel Member from 2013 to 2018 and a Non-Executive Director from 2013 to 2016 of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and a Non-Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) from 2015 to 2019.

She is currently an External Member of the Prudential Regulation Committee at the Bank of England. Her current listed company experience includes her roles as Non-Executive Director of Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust Limited, JP Morgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc and Ruffer Investment Company Limited.

On appointment, Jill will join the Nomination, Audit and Risk and Remuneration Committees.  

Ken Fry, Chairman of Alpha FMC, commented:

"I am delighted that Jill is joining the Alpha Board next month. Her public markets and financial services experience will be a great asset as Alpha continues to develop across international markets, widen its service proposition and continue to execute on its strategic aims."   

Jill May, incoming Independent Non-Executive Director of Alpha FMC, commented:

"I am excited to be joining the Board of Alpha.  I am thoroughly impressed by Alpha's track-record of growth underpinned by its delivery excellence and its strong culture centred around its people.  I am delighted to have this opportunity to play a part in Alpha's further success."

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Further information

Jill Miranda May, aged 59, is, or has been, a director or partner of the following companies or partnerships during the past five years: 

Jill May does not hold any legal or beneficial direct or indirect interest in the securities of the Company.

There is no further information required to be disclosed in respect of the above appointments pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

About Alpha FMC:

Alpha FMC is a leading global provider of specialist consultancy services to the asset and wealth management industry.

With over 400 consultants across twelve offices spanning the UK, Europe, North America and Asia, Alpha FMC has the largest dedicated team in the industry. Alpha FMC has provided consultancy services to 350 clients, including 80% of the 20 largest global asset managers by AUM and a range of other buy-side firms. 

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