The Board of Fidelity Asian Values PLC announced the appointment of Clare Brady as a non-executive Director with effect from 1 August 2019. She will also serve as a member of the Management Engagement, Nomination and Audit Committees of the Board. Ms Brady is governance professional with 30 years of experience in banking and financial services. She has headed audit and oversight functions in the private sector at Barclays Capital, HSBC and Republic National Bank of New York. She was also a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, based firstly in London, and subsequently Singapore covering the Asia Pacific region. More recently, she was a Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also based in Washington D.C.