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HSL

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

Board Member

Penny Freer

Chair of the Board

Date of Appointment
14/09/2018

Skills and Experience

Penny is an experienced board director who brings in-depth investment expertise and leadership experience to the Board. She has many years’ experience of UK smaller companies, both as a director and as an investment banker advising companies in this sector.

From 2000 to 2004 Penny led Robert W Baird’s UK equities division. Before that, she spent eight years at Credit Lyonnais Securities, where she headed the small and mid-cap equities business.

External Appointments
Penny is chair of AP Ventures LLP. She is also a non-executive director of Mercia Asset Management PLC, Weir Group plc, Capital Markets Strategy Ltd and CobWeb Cyber Limited.