Polar Capital Technology adds former GAM investment director to board

One of two iNED hires

James Baxter-Derrington
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Polar Capital Technology trust has appointed the former investment director and head of research at GAM International as an independent non-executive director.

Catherine Cripps, who joins the firm effective 6 September, holds several roles, including non-executive director of Goldman Sachs International and the Nuclear Liabilities Fund. Polar Capital grows AUM by 71% in 'extraordinary' year Within these firms, she also serves as chair of the Goldman Sachs International risk committee and is a member of the audit committees, and holds the chair of NLF's investment committee. Cripps recently stepped down as an iNED from CQS Management, a role she had held for eight years. She is joined at Polar Capital Technology by Jane Pearce, who hold...

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