Schroder Global Real Estate Securities appoints Christopher Legge as Independent Non-Executive Director

– UK, London – Schroder Global Real Estate Securities announces the retirement of Trevor Ash as a director of the Company effective from 1 January 2015. Trevor has been a director of the Company since launch and the Board has greatly appreciated the experience and support Trevor has contributed to the development of the Company.
In addition, the Company announces the appointment of Christopher Legge as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 January 2015. Christopher will also assume the role of Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Christopher is Guernsey resident and has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry. He qualified in London in 1980 with Pannell Kerr Forster and subsequently moved to Guernsey in 1983 to work for Ernst & Young, progressing from audit manager to Managing Partner in the Channel Islands. Mr Legge retired from Ernst & Young in 2003 and currently holds a number of directorships in the financial sector. Mr Legge is an FCA and holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Manchester.
The Directors are very pleased to have attracted Christopher to the Board and are confident that the Company will benefit from his extensive financial services experience.

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