The Board of Henderson EuroTrust plc announced the appointment of Ekaterina (Katya) Thomson, as a non-executive director with effect from May 17, 2017. Katya is a corporate finance, strategy and business development professional with over twenty years of experience in the UK and Europe. She started her career at Deloitte LLP where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1996. Katya has held positions at Lazard Brothers & Co, ABN Amro Bank NV and Thomas Cook Group plc, where she served as Group Corporate Development Director. Currently she runs her own business development consultancy and is a Director and Member of the Supervisory Board of Thomas Cook Nederland BV. She is also a Director of The New Carnival Company CIC, a not-for-profit arts development organisation. The present company's Audit Chair, John Cornish, will be retiring at the next Annual General Meeting in November 2017 after ten years as a Director and intention that Katya will become Audit Chair following John's retirement.