# HgCapital Trust appoints Helena Coles to the Board

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/hgcapital-trust-appoints-helena-coles-to-the-board/4121133507
- Published: 2023-11-21T07:25:43+00:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**HgCapital Trust plc** (LON:HGT) has announced that Ms Helena Coles will join the
Board on 21 November 2023.

Helena has over 20 years of investment experience, has considerable expertise in
ESG, gained through the perspectives of an asset owner, asset manager, as well as
UK regulator, and co-founded and built a successful fund management firm with peak
AUM of over US$10bn.

> _**Jim Strang, Chairman of HgCapital Trust, said**: On behalf of the Board, I 
> am delighted to welcome Helena to HGT. She has a wealth of_ _investment experience,_
> _which will bring a diversity of skills, background and personal strengths relevant
> to HGT now and as the Company continues to execute its strategy of investing in
> a portfolio of high-growth private companies in the software and services sector.”_

Helena is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has been an investor in emerging markets
and Asian equity for over 20 years. Throughout her career, Helena gained an extensive
understanding of the financial markets and brings a wealth of experience in portfolio
and asset management, asset allocation, and the investment process. In her previous
roles, Helena has also focused on ESG at Fidelity International and banking supervision
at the Bank of England.

Helena currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Shaftesbury 
Capital plc and served on the Board of Shaftesbury plc since 2021 until its merger
with Capital & Counties Properties Plc in March 2023. Helena is also a Non-Executive
Director of JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust Plc and a Non-Executive Director
of Schroder Japan Trust Plc. She is the Independent Investment Advisor to the Joseph
Rowntree Charitable Trust.

Helena holds a BA Hons in Politics and Economics from Durham University.

On appointment to HgCapital Trust, Helena will join the Audit, Valuation & Risk 
Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Management Engagement Committee.

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