ICGN Press Release

ANNE SIMPSON APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE NETWORK

London, 14 October 2004. The Board of Governors of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) has voted unanimously to appoint Anne Simpson as the Network’s first Executive Director. For the past five years Anne has been Head of the Secretariat at the Global Corporate Governance Forum, an organisation founded by the World Bank and the OECD to support governance reform in developing and emerging markets.

Prior to this Anne was joint managing director of Pensions & Investment Research Consultants, one of the UK’s leading advisors on corporate governance.

ICGN’s Chair of the Board of Governors, Alastair Ross Goobey, said: "The Board determined that, so that we can develop the ICGN to a still more effective level, we should appoint our first Executive Director. I can think of no one better qualified to fulfil the task than Anne, and we are delighted to have been able to recruit her."

Anne Simpson commented: "The ICGN is already seen as the leading investor-led governance organisation in the world. I hope to be able to build on that position so that we can become still more effective and influential in creating effective and practical governance structures around the world."

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Anne Simpson: +44 (0) 7841 040317 Email: execdirector@icgn.org