Jupiter Fund Management : appoints Charlotte Jones as Chief Financial Officer

31 May 2016

Jupiter Fund Management plc ('Jupiter', the 'Company') is pleased to announce that Charlotte Jones will, subject to FCA approval, join the Board as an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer on 5 September 2016.

Charlotte has extensive experience in the global financial services sector, initially with Ernst & Young where she progressed to be an audit partner in the Financial Services Practice. She subsequently worked at Deutsche Bank for nine years in various roles, latterly as Deputy CFO. Charlotte is currently Head of Group Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Credit Suisse.

Maarten Slendebroek, Chief Executive, said:'Our success in delivering alpha to our clients and extending our distribution network is enabling us to deliver on our organic growth strategy. We have been expanding our senior management team to enable us to build on this growth through a mixture of internal promotions and external hires and we are delighted that Charlotte will be joining the Company.'

Charlotte Jones said:'Jupiter is an impressive business whose focus on active management is delivering results for all its stakeholders. To join a Company with such a strong culture that is performing well and still has so much potential for future growth is a great opportunity. I am excited to be joining the executive team at this juncture.'

In relation to the appointment there are no details required to be disclosed under paragraphs 2-6 of 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

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