RIT Capital Partners plc (RIT) at its Annual General Meeting approved the elections to the Board with immediate effect: André Perold: André Perold has been elected to the Board as a Non-Executive Director. Mr. Perold is a Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of HighVista Strategies, a Boston based investment firm. He is a board member of the Vanguard Group, the global investment company and also serves on the Investment Committee of the Partners Healthcare System. Mr. Perold will sit on the Audit & Risk Committee. Jeremy Sillem: Jeremy Sillem has been elected to the Board as a Non-Executive Director. Mr. Sillem is Managing Partner and Founder of Spencer House Partners LLP, which provides corporate finance advice to asset and wealth management businesses. From 2000 to 2004 he was Executive Chairman of Bear Stearns International in London, prior to which he had a 28-year career with Lazard in London and New York. Mr. Sillem will sit on the Audit & Risk Committee. Phillipe Costeletos has been appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee of RIT, with immediate effect.