Annual report: Period Ended 31 December 2012 - Invesco Perpetual

14 City Merchants High Yield Trust Limited
Directors
Clive A. H. Nicholson
(Chairman)
Joined the Board on
19 December 2011.
He was appointed to the
board of CMHYT plc on
21 November 2005 and
became its chairman on
1 January 2007. He is a senior Partner
of Chartered Accountants Saffery Champness,
having joined the partnership in 1972.
Philip Taylor
Joined the Board on
19 December 2011 and is
Chairman of the Audit
Committee. He was
previously the senior partner
of PricewaterhouseCoopers
CI LLP for 16 years, and has
since built up a portfolio of part-time
directorships.
Philip Austin
Joined the Board on
19 December 2011. He spent
most of his career in banking
with HSBC where he was,
latterly, Deputy CEO of the
Bank’s business in the
Offshore Islands. He now
holds a portfolio of part-time non-executive
directorships, which include 3i Infrastructure plc
and Invesco Property Income Trust Limited.
John Boothman
Joined the Board on
19 December 2011. He is
a freelance consultant with
a portfolio of part-time
directorships. Previously he
has held several public
sector appointments
including acting as Commissioner of Jersey
Financial Services Commission.
Winifred Robbins
Joined the Board on
19 December 2011. She was
appointed to the board of
CMHYT plc on 19 March
2009. She was previously
Managing Director and Head
of Pan-European Fixed
Income at Credit Suisse Asset Management,
Managing Director and Head of Non-US Fixed
Income at Citigroup Asset Management, and
Managing Director and Head of European Fixed
Income at Barclays Global Investors from which
appointment she retired in 2008. She is also a
non-executive director of Alliance Trust PLC.
All Directors are members of the Audit
Committee.