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Meet the Board

Audley Twiston-Davies

Audley Twiston-Davies (Chairman) joined the Board in 2000 and was elected Chairman in May 2002. He is currently Chairman of BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc and a non-executive director of New India Investment Trust plc. Audley was formerly Chairman of Taylor Young Investment Management Limited and previously Chief Executive Officer of Foreign & Colonial Emerging Markets Limited. He is Chairman of the Company’s subsidiary, TREG Finance Limited and Chairman of the Company’s Management Engagement and Nominations Committees.

Chris Casey
Chris Casey (Audit Committee Chairman) joined the Board on 1 March 2010. He has over 30 years’ strategic financial experience. He was a partner of KPMG LLP and its predecessor firms from 1992, having joined Peat Marwick & Mitchell in 1977. He was initially an audit partner responsible for a series of assignments for large and quoted companies but latterly specialised in M&A advisory assistance both pre and post deal. He was Head of Transaction Services for the South region of KPMG LLP from 1997 to 2007 and subsequently had a market-facing role as a senior partner of the firm. Mr Casey retired from KPMG LLP in February 2010. He is also a director of the Company’s subsidiary, TREG Finance Limited.

Robert Jeens

Robert Jeens
Robert Jeens joined the Board in 2002. He is a non-executive director of Henderson Group plc and of The Royal London Mutual Assurance Society Limited. His previous non-executive appointments include Chairman of nCipher plc and Deputy Chairman of Hepworth plc. He was formerly Group Finance Director of Woolwich plc and prior to that Finance Director of Kleinwort Benson Group plc.

Henderson Global Investors Limited, a subsidiary of Henderson Group plc, is the appointed investment manager for TR European Growth Trust. Therefore, since his appointment to the Henderson Group board in July 2009 Mr Jeens is no longer an independent director.

Andrew Martin Smith

Andrew Martin Smith joined the Board in May 2008. He has over 30 years' experience in the financial services industry, 22 of which were with Hambros Bank Limited. From September 2000 to March 2005 he was a Managing Director of financial services company adviser Berkshire Capital Securities Limited (BCS). He currently works with Guinness Asset Management Ltd and remains an Advisory Director of BCS. He is also a director of two publicly quoted investment trusts and three private investment companies.

Alexander Mettenheimer
Alexander Mettenheimer joined the Board on 1 July 2011. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the Board of Administration for Bayerische Landesbank, the leading Bavarian commercial bank for large and middle-market corporate customers in Germany and Europe and also for retail customers. Mr Mettenheimer's previous appointments include CEO of both Merck Finck & Co Privatbankiers and Confia SA as well as various positions with Citibank.

Membership Legend

Management Engagement Committee

Terms of reference

Audit Committee

Terms of reference

Nominations Committee

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Issued in the UK by Henderson Global Investors. Henderson Global Investors is the name under which Henderson Global Investors Limited (reg. no. 906355), Henderson Fund Management Limited (reg. no. 2607112), Henderson Investment Funds Limited (reg. no. 2678531), Henderson Investment Management Limited (reg. no. 1795354), Henderson Alternative Investment Advisor Limited (reg. no. 962757), Henderson Equity Partners Limited (reg. no.2606646), Gartmore Investment Limited (reg. no. 1508030), (each incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered office at 201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AE) are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority to provide investment products and services. Telephone calls may be recorded and monitored.