– USA, TX – Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE: EQS) announced the appointment of current Board member Fraser Atkinson as the independent Chairman of the Board of Directors, while John May joins the Board as an independent director, each with immediate effect.
John May will also join the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Governance and Nominating Committee. Fraser Atkinson will continue to serve as Chair of the Equus Audit Committee and as a member of the Fund’s Compensation Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee.
About John J. May
John May has been a practicing Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom for over 50 years. For 17 of those years, he was a senior partner in a leading Chartered Accountancy firm, now Crowe UK, including 8 years on the Managing Board. He is the Managing Partner of City & Westminster Corporate Finance LLP, registered with the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom.
John May has a diverse background with decades of experience as a director of a variety of public and private companies in the United States and internationally, with a particular focus on mining, energy,y and oil and gas.
John May is Chairman of the Small Business Bureau Limited and Chairman of the Genesis Initiative Limited, both of which are lobbying groups to the government on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). The Genesis Initiative comprises 120 trade organizations and reaches over 1.5 million SMEs, which represent about 25% of all SMEs in the United Kingdom.
About Equus
The Fund is a business development company that trades as a closed-end fund on the New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol “EQS”.
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