RIT Capital Partners Plc announced the appointment of Helena Coles as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, with immediate effect. Helena has extensive international experience and spent most of her career as a portfolio manager. She also brings valuable perspectives from asset owners and a UK regulator.
She co-founded and built an asset management firm in a joint venture with State Street Global Advisors, focused on Asian and emerging markets equities. She previously held senior roles at Kleinwort Benson in Hong Kong in investment management and investment banking. Helena currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of HgCapital Trust plc, JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc and Schroder Japan Trust plc.
She is a member of the investment committee of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and was previously their Independent Investment Adviser for many years. She was also a Non-Executive Director of Shaftesbury Capital plc. Helena has also held roles at the Prudential Regulation Authority in banking supervision and at Fidelity International in sustainable investing.
