New appointment for Standard Life Investments

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Written by Ray Clancy

Friday, 03 December 2010 09:30

Standard Life Investments, the global fund manager, has enhanced its board with the appointments of John Paynter and Jonathan Dawson as Non-Executive Directors.

Since leaving JP Morgan Cazenove after nearly 30 years John Paynter has assumed non-executive director roles at Standard Chartered and Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group. He has also been involved for several years at the NSPCC and is a senior adviser at Greenhill & Co. International.

Following a 20 year career with Lazard, Jonathan Dawson became one of the founding partners of Penfida Partners. He is also senior independent director and remuneration committee chairman at Next and a non-executive director of National Australia Group Europe. He has experience of chairing several pension trustee boards and is also a non-executive director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Commenting on the appointments Colin Buchan, Chairman of Standard Life Investments, said: “I am pleased that with these appointments we have been able to strengthen the non executive membership of the Board. The appointments bring additional resource, both in terms of geographic reach and business skill set, ensuring that Standard Life Investments is well positioned to take advantage of the many exciting business opportunities that lie ahead.

“Together, John and Jonathan bring with them over 60 years of experience across a number of sectors and in both the private and public spheres. Their respective careers at JP Morgan Cazenove and Lazard and their subsequent non-executive roles at blue chip corporates will add an enormous amount of experience to the Standard Life Investments’ board.

“We have set ambitious targets for sustained growth at Standard Life Investments and I’m delighted that we will be able to call on the support, guidance and expertise of John and Jonathan.”