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31 October 2022

Pollen Street plc (the "Company")

Appointment of non-executive director

Pollen Street plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Gustavo Cardenas as a non-executive director with effect from 1 November 2022.

Gustavo Cardenas is a Managing Director at Wafra, where he helps lead Wafra's strategic partnership investment mandates in both established and growth stage asset management businesses. Gustavo has extensive experience investing in asset management businesses and while at Wafra, has completed several direct minority investments, financings and secondary investments as well as investments within closed end funds.  Previously, Gustavo was a Vice President at Hamilton Lane, focused on co-investments and fund investments. He began his career in investment banking at Bank of America Securities and then at Mesoamerica Partners, a Central American financial group.  Gustavo earned a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

Robert Sharpe, the Company's Chairman, commenting on the appointment said:

"I am delighted to welcome Gustavo to the Board of Pollen Street plc. Gustavo has a great wealth of experience related to financial services companies and asset management businesses specifically. My fellow directors and I very much look forward to working with Gustavo as we continue to build upon the successes of the business".

There are no other details that are required to be disclosed under LR 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules in relation to this appointment.

For further information about this announcement please contact:

Pollen Street plc

Chris Palmer / Julian Dale

+44 (0)20 3728 6750

Link Company Matters Limited - Corporate Secretary

POLNcosec@linkgroup.co.uk 

Liberum Capital Limited - Joint Broker

Chris Clarke

+44 (0)20 3100 2000

Barclays Bank plc - Joint Broker

Neal West / Dion Di Miceli / Chris Madderson / Stuart Muress

+44 (0) 20 7623 2323

Cenkos Securities plc - Joint Broker

Justin Zawoda-Martin

+44 (0)20 7397 8900