Fidelity European Trust PLC

Vivian Bazalgette is a Trustee of St. Christopher’s Hospice. He was previously Chief Investment Officer at M&G PLC, a non-executive Director of St James’s Place PLC, including Chairman of the Investment Committee of St James’s Place, and a non-executive Director of Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust PLC, Henderson High Income Trust PLC and Brummer Investment Trust PLC. He was an Adviser to BAE Systems Pension Fund.

Appointed as Chairman on 12 May 2016
Appointed on 1 December 2015

All the Directors are non-executive and are also independent and serve as members on the Management Engagement Committee, Nomination Committee and Audit Committee.

Marion Sears is a Non-Executive Director of Dunelm Group PLC, where she was a Senior Independent Director from 2006 to 2014, and a Non-Executive Director of Octopus AIM VCT PLC , Persimmon PLC and Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC. Previously, she was a Managing Director of Investment Banking at JPMorgan, and has served on the boards of Boehringer Ingleheim Ltd, LGC (Holdings) Ltd, and Prelude Trust PLC.

She has also held executive positions at Glaxo, UBS, and Baring Brothers.

Appointed on 17 January 2013

Appointed as Senior Independent Director on 14 May 2018

All the Directors are non-executive and are also independent and serve as members on the Management Engagement Committee, Nomination Committee and Audit Committee.

Paul Yates is Chairman of the Advisory Board of 33 St James’s Limited and is a non-executive Director of Witan Investment Trust plc and Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. He was previously a non-executive Director of Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust plc and The Merchants Trust plc. He has an extensive career in investment management and he was CEO of UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited and in a number of global roles at UBS prior to retiring in 2007.

Appointed on 6 March 2017
Appointed as Senior Independent Director on 10 May 2022

All the Directors are non-executive and are also independent and serve as members on the Management Engagement Committee, Nomination Committee and Audit Committee.

Fleur Meijs is a non-executive Director of Ruffer LLP and she serves as Audit Committee Chair. She is also a Director of Bridge to the Future, the endowment fund for UWC (United World College) Mostar and UWC Mostar and a representative of the Chairs of the Schools on the International Board of UWC International. She is a Chartered Accountant and was a Financial Services Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP until May 2016. She was also a member of the Dutch Parliamentary committee in 2013 for the structure of banks in the Netherlands.

Appointed on 1st September 2017
Appointed as Audit Committee Chairman on 14 May 2018

All the Directors are non-executive and are also independent and serve as members on the Management Engagement Committee, Nomination Committee and Audit Committe.

Sir Ivan Rogers is an Advisory Board Member of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum and also of Market News International. He is a former British civil servant, formerly the Permanent Representative of the UK to the European Union for over three years until the beginning of 2017. Prior to this, he was Principal Private Secretary to one British prime minister and head of the Europe and Global Issues Secretariat for another. He was twice the UK’s G7/G8 Sherpa and the EU and G20 Sherpa. For the majority of his career, he has worked closely with and for the UK government and EU institutions. In addition, he spent five years in the private sector holding senior public sector banking roles for Citigroup UK and Barclays Capital.

Appointed on 1st January 2020

All the Directors are non-executive and are also independent and serve as members on the Management Engagement Committee and Audit Committee.

Milyae Park is a non-executive Director of Alliance Trust PLC and Faber and Faber Limited. She chairs the Museum of London (Trading) Ltd Board that governs the Museum’s commercial activities. She is a past Board member of the Museum of London. She began her career as a Chartered Accountant in the US for PwC and in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. In her subsequent executive career, she has held senior positions in consulting at Accenture and retail at Tesco PLC and Marks & Spencer Group PLC. She also holds an MBA from The Wharton School

Appointed on 1st January 2022

All the Directors are non-executive directors and are also independent.

Davina Walter is Chairman of abrdn Diversified Income and Growth plc and is a non-executive Director of Miton UK Microcap Trust plc.  She was previously Chairman of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Trust plc, Chairman of CT Property Trust plc and a non-executive Director of JPMorgan Elect plc.  She has extensive investment management experience latterly as a Managing Director at Deutsche Asset Management. She also worked at Henderson Global and was head of US research at Cazenove & Co.

Appointed on 1 November 2024