Rathbone Brothers Plc ("the Company")

Appointment of new non-executive directors                                                                                                                  

The board is delighted to announce the appointments of Iain Cummings and Dharmash Mistry as non-executive directors of the Company and of its main subsidiary, Rathbone Investment Management Limited with effect from 5 October 2021, subject to regulatory approval.

Iain is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales with over 35 years of experience working in the financial sector. He was a partner at KPMG for over 24 years working with banks and other major financial services firms in both audit and advisory roles including three years leading KPMG's banking audit practice. 

Dharmash is an experienced technology venture capitalist, entrepreneur and non-executive director. He was formerly a Partner at Balderton & Lakestar, leading investments including Revolut, Glovo, Infarm, Blockchain.com & Lovefilm amongst others.  Prior to this he was Group MD of Emap Consumer Media, where he co-led the delisting of Emap PLC from the FTSE 100. He is currently a board member of The British Business Bank, Halma plc, BBC Commercial Holdings & blow LTD. His prior board NED positions include: BBC Executive Board, Hargreaves Lansdown PLC & Dixons Retail PLC.

Rathbone Brothers Chair, Clive Bannister commented:

"I am delighted that Iain and Dharmash have agreed to join our board. Their breadth and depth of experience in industry and the financial sector will be of great value to the firm in the years ahead. We look forward to welcoming them to the board".

9 September 2021

For further information contact:

Rathbone Brothers Plc

Ali Johnson, Company Secretary

Tel: 07901 118456

email: [email protected]

Rathbone Brothers Plc

Rathbones provides individual investment and wealth management services for private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners. We have been trusted for generations to manage and preserve our clients' wealth. Our tradition of investing and acting responsibly has been with us from the beginning and continues to lead us forward. Our ambition is to be recognised as the UK's most responsible wealth manager.

Rathbones has over 1,600 staff in 15 UK locations and Jersey; its headquarters is 8 Finsbury Circus, London.

www.rathbones.com