IMF Bentham Limited (IMF) announced the appointment of Ms Christine Feldmanis to the IMF board of directors (Board) with effect from 1 November 2018. Ms. Feldmanis has more than 30 years' experience in the financial sector in areas including investment management, finance, accounting and risk management and governance in both listed and unlisted financial product markets. Ms. Feldmanis formerly held senior executive and C suite positions with firms including Elders Finance, Bankers Trust, NSW TCorp and Treasury Group.

Ms Wendy McCarthy AO has elected to retire from the Board at the AGM. Ms McCarthy joined the Board as a non-executive director in December 2013. The Board also announced the appointment of Stuart Mitchell as Chief Financial Officer of IMF effective from 12 November 2018 following the decision of Ms Julia Yetsenga to transition from the role of Chief Financial Officer to Global Fund Financial Manager to support the transition of IMF's business model to a funds management structure.

IMF confirms that Mr. Peter Ostroff, a former partner of Sidley Austin LLP, has taken up a permanent role on IMF's US Investment Committee as the second non-employee member of the committee following the appointment in October 2016 of Judge Vaughan Walker.