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Vivien Gould

Chairman

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Vivien has worked in the financial services sector since 1981. She was a founder director of River & Mercantile Investment Management Limited (1985) and served as a senior executive and deputy managing director with the group until 1994. She then served on the boards of a number of listed investment trusts, investment management companies and other financial companies. She also served on the boards of a number of charities, including the Stroke Association, where she chaired the investment committee. Vivien is currently a nonexecutive director and senior independent director of The Lindsell Train Investment Trust plc, a non-executive director of Schroder Asia Pacific Fund plc and National Philanthropic Trust UK.

She was appointed to the Board on 11 March 2019 and took over as Chairman on 15 January 2026.