Baring Emerging Europe plc announced the following changes: the company announced that Calum Thomson has been appointed as a non-executive Director of the company with effect from September 21, 2017. For the past 21 years, he has been an audit partner at Deloitte LLP, specialising in the asset management sector, with clients including a wide range of managers, investment trusts, banks, sovereign wealth funds, large charities and private equity funds. As of the AGM to be held in January 2018, Steven Bates will retire as Chairman and will be replaced by Frances Daley. Ms. Daley has been a director of the Company since April 2014, and has been Chair of the Audit Committee.