Fidelity Asian Values PLC

Tim Scholefield ^{1, 2, 3} is a non-executive Director of BMO Capital and Income Investment Trust PLC, Jupiter Unit Trust Manager Ltd and Standard Life UK Smaller Companies PLC.  He is Chairman of City Merchants High Yield Trust Ltd and a member of the Investment Management Certificate Panel. He has had over thirty years’ experience in investment management, latterly as Head of Equities at Baring Asset Management until April 2014.

Appointed as Director on 30 September 2015.
Appointed as Senior Independent Director on 22 April 2020.
Stood down as Senior Independent Director on 22 April 2021

All the Directors are non-executive directors and are also independent.

¹ Members of the Management Engagement Committee
² Members of the Nomination Committee
³ Members of the Audit Committee.

Kate Bolsover ^1,2 serves as a Director of TR Property Investment Trust PLC, Baillie Gifford & Company Limited  and is Chairman of Invesco Enhanced Investment Trust. 

She worked for Cazenove Group plc and J.P. Morgan Cazenove between 1995 and 2005 where she was managing director of the mutual fund business, and latterly director of Corporate Communications. Prior to this, her work involved business development and mutual funds experience covering countries in the Far East.  

Appointed as Director on 1 January 2010.
Appointed Chairman on 9 December 2014.

All the Directors are non-executive directors and are all independent.

¹ Chairman of the Nomination Committee
² Attendee of the Audit Committee

Mr Barma^1,2,3 is a Non-Executive Director and Audit Chair of Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited, an AIM listed company and also a Non-Executive Director and Audit Chair of Atalaya Mining plc, a company listed on AIM and TSX. In addition, he is an independent governor of the University of the Arts London and the Chair and a member of the Finance Committee for the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. Between 1998 to 2014, Mr. Barma was UK-based Chief Financial Officer of Antofagasta plc, a FTSE-50 natural resources company focused on Latin America. He had earlier careers in professional services and academia, and has held positions at the Financial Reporting Council and Modern Art Oxford. He is a qualified Barrister and Chartered Accountant and holds a doctorate in corporate law. He previously lived in Asia for nearly 20 years.

Appointed as Director and Chairman of Audit Committee on 24 November 2022

¹ Members of the Management Engagement Committee
² Members of the Nomination Committee
³ Members of the Audit Committee.

Michael Warren ^{1, 2, 3} is a non-executive director of Carrington Investments and a non-executive Board member of Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited. He worked for Thames River Capital from 2007 until 2012 as Investment Director. Prior to that he worked at HSBC Investments, where he was responsible for Institutional and Retail distribution, and before that Deutsche Asset Management, where he was a main board member. Latterly, he has served as managing director of the UK mutual fund business, DWS.

Appointed as Director on 29 September 2014.
Appointed Chairman of the Management Engagement Committee on 22 April 2021.

All the Directors are non-executive directors and are also independent.

¹ Members of the Management Engagement Committee
² Members of the Nomination Committee
³ Members of the Audit Committee.

Clare Brady ^{1, 2, 3}  is a chartered governance professional with 35 years experience in banking and financial services. She is currently a non-executive director of Credit Suisse Group AG and chairs their Conduct and Financial Crime Compliance Committee. She is a member of the Audit and Risk Commission of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and a Trustee of The Golden Charter Trust. In her executive career, she was most recently a Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and prior to that, the Auditor General at the World Bank, based in Washington D.C. Previously, Clare headed audit and compliance functions at the Bank of England, Barclays Capital, HSBC and Deutsche Bank.

Appointed as Director on 1 August 2019.
Appointed Chairman on 29 November 2023.

All the Directors are non-executive directors and are also independent.

¹ Members of the Management Engagement Committee
² Members of the Nomination Committee
³ Members of the Audit Committee.

Sally Macdonald ^{1, 2, 3} is a Non-Executive Director of JP Morgan Japanese Investment Trust and until her appointment with the Company, was Head of Asian Equities at Marlborough Fund Managers. She has more than thirty-five years’ experience of financial markets, which includes almost thirty years as an Asian fund manager. She has previously run the Asian desks for Sanwa, Lazard Brothers Asset Management, Canada Life, Morley (Aviva) and City of London Investment Group. During her career, she has been nominated for the Citywire Fund Manager of the Year, Investment Week Fund Manager of the Year, Lipper Citywire All Stars Asia ex Japan Fund Manager of the Year and Women in Investment Fund Manager of the Year awards.

Appointed as Director on 1 January 2022.

¹ Members of the Management Engagement Committee
² Members of the Nomination Committee
³ Members of the Audit Committee

All the Directors are non-executive directors and are also independent.

Matthew Sutherland ^{1, 2, 3}  has thirty-two years of experience of working in financial markets, primarily as an equity analyst and head of research, of which the last twenty-four were spent living in Asia covering Asian markets. Prior to retiring from full-time employment in 2016, he worked for Fidelity International, running their substantial and highly-regarded Asian equity research team of over 70 analysts out of Hong Kong and Tokyo. As such he was responsible for hiring and training analysts in India, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia and covering all the Asian stock markets. Prior to joining Fidelity, he was Country Head for HSBC Securities in Taiwan and worked for BNP Paribas in Manila.

Appointed as Director on 1 January 2022.
Appointed as Senior Independent Director on 29 November 2023.

¹ Members of the Management Engagement Committee
² Members of the Nomination Committee
³ Members of the Audit Committee

All the Directors are non-executive directors and are also independent.