Ashmore Group PLC announced the appointment of Helen Beck as a Non-executive Director and Chair of its Remuneration Committee. After more than eight years' service on the Board of Ashmore Group plc Dame Anne Pringle has indicated her wish to retire and she will step down both as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee on 30 June 2021. Helen Beck will join the Board as a Non-executive Director with effect from 1 June 2021 and will succeed Dame Anne as Chair of the Remuneration Committee from 1 July 2021. Helen will also become a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominations Committee, both with effect from 1 July 2021. The company also announced that, after three years as Group Company Secretary, John Taylor is stepping down from the role and Alexandra Autrey, presently Group Head of Legal and Transaction Management, will assume the additional role of Group Company Secretary with effect from 1 May 2021.