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ESCT

The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC

Key people

The European Smaller Companies Trust is managed by Ollie Beckett with the support of Rory Stokes and Julia Scheufler, reinforced by the wider Janus Henderson European Equities team. The European Smaller Companies Trust Board of Directors provide valuable independent oversight.

Past performance does not predict future returns. The value of an investment and the income from it may go down as well as up and you may lose the amount originally invested.

Fund managers

  • Ollie Beckett

    Ollie Beckett

    Fund Manager

    Ollie Beckett is a Portfolio Manager on the European Equities Team at Janus Henderson Investors.
  • Rory Stokes, CFA

    Rory Stokes, CFA

    Deputy Fund Manager, The European Smaller Companies Trust

    Rory Stokes is a Portfolio Manager on the European Equities Team at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2015.
  • Julia Scheufler, CFA

    Julia Scheufler, CFA

    Deputy Fund Manager, The European Smaller Companies Trust

    Julia Scheufler is a Portfolio Manager on the European Equities Team at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since 2024.

Board members

  • James Williams

    James Williams

    Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Nomination Committee

    James is the non-executive Chairman of Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc and a director of Net Zero One Limited.
  • Daniel (Dan) Burgess

    Daniel (Dan) Burgess

    Chairmain of the Audit Committee

    Dan is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of JPMorgan Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa Securities plc.
  • Ann Grevelius

    Ann Grevelius

    Senior Independent Director

    She is Chairman and co-founder of Optise AB, a fintech start-up within digital asset management and holds a number of non-executive directorships including OX2 AB, a renewable energy company and Aktia Bank PLC, the Finnish asset manager, bank and life insurer. She is Chairman of the Investment Committee at the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research.
  • Nadia Meier-Kirner

    Nadia Meier-Kirner

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Nadia is a non-executive director of Franz Haniel & Cie GMBH and Swiss IT Security Group AG.
  • Kate Cornish-Bowden

    Kate Cornish-Bowden

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Kate is the Chair of International Biotechnology Trust plc, a non-executive director of Finsbury Growth & Income Trust plc and a non-executive director and Chair of the Audit Committee of CC Japan Income & Growth Trust plc.
  • Stuart Paterson

    Stuart Paterson

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Since July 2019 Stuart has been a board member of European Assets Trust PLC, initially as Chair of Audit and from May 2024 as Chair, he is a Governor of The Glasgow Academical War Memorial Trust and is a Special Advisor to the growth equity firm he co-founded, Scottish Equity Partners LLP.