Ashmore Group announces Anna Sweeney to join its Board as Non-Executive Director

– UK, London –  Ashmore Group plc (LON: ASHM) announced the appointment of Anna Sweeney to its Board as a Non-Executive Director from 1 August 2025, to bring a wealth of experience to the Board with her deep understanding of risk management, governance, and business models across financial services.

The group also announced that Shirley Garrood will be stepping down from the Board on 31 July 2025.

About Anna Sweeney

Anna Sweeney is a Non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Convex Insurance Limited, as well as a member of its risk committee. She is also an adviser to CYGNVS.

Before this, she spent over 25 years working in banking and insurance regulation, and has a deep understanding of risk management, governance, and business models across financial services.

From 1996 to 2022, Anna Sweeney worked at the Bank of England and Financial Services Authority, holding various roles across the banking and insurance sectors. Most recently until 2022, she was Executive Director of Risk, Operations and General Insurance at the Bank of England, where she had responsibility for the Risk and Operations function of the Prudential Regulatory Authority, which included the Chief Operating Office, ownership of the PRA’s supervisory approach and risk model and support for the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s senior committees. During this time, she led a strategic review of the PRA’s approach.

Anna Sweene holds a degree in Modern Languages and European Studies from the University of Bath.

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