LONDON: Brooks Macdonald Group announced the appointment of Dagmar Aspatria Kent Kershaw as a non-executive director, with effect from 1 July 2020.

Ms. Kent Kershaw (aged 52) is Senior Advisor at Strategic Value Partners, Director of Aberdeen Smaller Companies Trust plc, and a Trustee of Laurus Trust.

Ms. Kent Kershaw was formerly Head of Credit Fund Management at Intermediate Capital Group plc from 2008-2016.  Prior to that, Ms. Kent Kershaw held senior roles at Prudential M&G, having started her career at NatWest Bank and Scotia Capital.

Commenting on the appointment, Alan Carruthers, Chairman of Brooks Macdonald, said: “I am delighted to welcome Dagmar to the Board. Her broad background in financial services will be highly valuable to the Group as we take the next steps in our strategy.”

Brooks Macdonald Group plc, through its various subsidiaries, provides leading investment management services in the UK and internationally. The Group, which was founded in 1991 and began trading on AIM in 2005, had Discretionary Funds under Management of £12.2 billion as at 31 March 2020.