Date of Appointment
1 December 2022 (Senior Independent Director 15 November 2023)

Skills and Experience
Stephen is a former investment manager, most notably as head of European equities at F&C Asset Management for twenty years. He was also manager of the former F&C Eurotrust plc and deputy manager of the F&C Investment Trust plc. He was head of European and US equities at British Steel Pension Fund and was formerly a director of JPMorgan European Discovery Trust plc and Global Special Opportunities Trust plc.

External Appointments
Stephen is chairman of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies plc, a director of Polar Capital Technology Trust plc and audit committee chairman of BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc.