30 April 2025
GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited
(the "Company" or "GCP Infra")
LEI: 213800W64MNATSIV5Z47
Board Composition Changes
The Board of Directors of GCP Infra, "the Board", announces the following Board and Committee changes.
As communicated in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts, Julia Chapman notified the Board of her intention to retire during 2025 as a Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director having served on the Board for just over nine years. A retirement date will be announced in due course.
The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Bestwick as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 29 April 2025. Heather has also been appointed as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Management Engagement Committee and the Sustainability Committee.
Heather Bestwick, a Jersey resident, is an English solicitor with over 30 years' experience in the financial services sector. She has acted as an independent non-executive director of a number of investment funds and corporate services providers since 2014. Ms Bestwick is currently a non-executive director on the boards of EPE Special Opportunities Limited, an AIM listed company, and Rathbones Investment Management International Limited, the Jersey subsidiary of Rathbones Group Plc. She qualified as a solicitor with Norton Rose in London and worked in their London and Greek offices for 8 years, specialising in shipping finance. Ms Bestwick subsequently joined global offshore law firm Walkers in the Cayman Islands, qualifying as a Cayman Islands attorney and notary public, and became a partner in 2003. She moved to Jersey in 2007 to become managing partner of the Walkers Jersey office, following which she served for 3 years as deputy chief executive and technical director of Jersey Finance Limited.
There are no details requiring disclosure in respect of this appointment under paragraph 6.4.8 of the UK Listing Rules of the FCA.
For further information, please contact:
| Gravis Capital Management Limited Philip Kent Max Gilbert Cameron Gardner
| +44 (0)20 3405 8500 |
| RBC Capital Markets Matthew Coakes Elizabeth Evans
| +44 (0)20 7653 4000 |
| Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited Edward Gibson-Watt Jonathan Wilkes-Green
| +44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
| Burson Buchanan Limited Helen Tarbet Samuel Adams Henry Wilson | +44 (0)20 7466 5000 |
Notes to Editors
GCP Infra is a closed-ended investment company and FTSE-250 constituent whose shares are traded on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Its objective is to provide shareholders with regular, sustained, long-term distributions and to preserve capital over the long term by generating exposure to UK infrastructure debt and related and/or similar assets.
The Company primarily targets investments in infrastructure projects with long term, public sector-backed, availability-based revenues. Where possible, investments are structured to benefit from partial inflation protection. GCP Infra is advised by Gravis Capital Management Limited.
GCP Infra has been awarded with the London Stock Exchange's Green Economy Mark in recognition of its contribution to positive environmental outcomes.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.