RIT Capital Partners plc announced that at its AGM, Lord Rothschild will step down as Chairman and Director of the Company on 30 September 2019, and will take up the role of President of the company. The company also announced that Sir James Leigh-Pemberton will become Chairman of the company as of 30 September 2019. Sir James previously served as a Director of the company between 2004 and 2013. He began his career at Warburgs and thereafter moved to Credit Suisse, where he became Head of European Investment Banking, Head of European Equity Markets, then Chairman of UK Investment Banking and finally Chief Executive of Credit Suisse in the UK.