F&C Investment Trust announces Stephen Russell to its Board as upcoming Independent Director

– UK, London –  F&C Investment Trust plc (LON: FCIT) today announced the appointment of Stephen Russell to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 February 2022, to replace Sarah Arkle who will retire from the Board on 31 January 2022.

“Steve Russell’s appointment continues our succession plan for the Company’s longer serving Directors and reflects our continuing focus on maintaining the highest level of investment skills and knowledge on the Board. We are delighted that he will be joining us,’ said Chairman, Beatrice Hollond. 

About Stephen Russell

Stephen Russell is Investment Director and a member of the multi-asset investment committee at Ruffer LLP, where he directs its investment strategy across £23bn of assets under management. He joined the firm in 2003 and has managed Ruffer’s flagship pooled funds and developed their institutional pension fund offering into one of the largest multi-asset/absolute return institutional fund managers in the UK. He has been managing and advising pension funds and trustees for almost 30 years, having previously managed segregated pension funds at Sun Life of Canada and then advising pension fund managers as a strategist at HSBC.

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