The board of RiverFort Global Opportunities plc announced the appointment of Philip Haydn-Slater as non-executive chairman of the company, effective from 1 January 2019. At the same time, Nicholas Lee, the current chairman of the company, will be taking up a new role as investment director of the company. This will enable him to focus more specifically on the execution of the company's investing strategy and the deployment of its investment capital, working closely with the company's investment adviser, RiverFort Global Capital Limited. Mr. Haydn-Slater has over 35 years of experience in stockbroking and commodities with a number of well-known stock broking firms. He spent eight years as Head of Corporate Broking at WH Ireland Limited in London.