Polar Capital Global Healthcare adds big-hitters to board

Andrew Fleming and Jeremy Whitley to join in December

David Brenchley
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Polar Capital Global Healthcare (PCGH) trust has added Andrew Fleming and Jeremy Whitley to its board as independent non-executive directors, with effect from 1 December 2019.

Fleming left Waverton in June, having been CEO for three years, while Whitley had been head of UK and European equities at Aberdeen Asset Management for eight years before leaving in 2017. James Robinson, chairman of PCGH, said the board looked forward to "benefitting from their extensive experience and complementary skills". Waverton IM CEO leaves firm to 'seek new challenges' Fleming also recently retired as chair of the JPMorgan Japanese investment trust board, in December 2018. He had previously served as CEO and CIO at Kames Capital before joining Waverton. Whitley, who had...

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