Stephanie Eastment

Stephanie Eastment was appointed a Director on 2 August 2018 and Senior Independent Director on 5 November 2024. She was Chair of the Audit Committee from 5 November 2018 to 5 November 2024. She was formerly Head of Specialist Fund Accounts and Corporate Secretariat at Invesco Perpetual. Her career in financial services included roles at UBS, Wardley Investment Services International and KPMG. She qualified while at KPMG and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute UK and Ireland. She is an independent non-executive director and audit chair of Herald Investment Trust plc, Impax Environmental Markets plc and Alternative Income REIT plc. She is an independent non-executive director of RBS Collective Investment Funds Limited.