Genesis appoints Ploix as new chairman

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund has announced Hélène Ploix will take over as non-executive chairman.

She will take the reins of the FTSE 250 company at the end of October.

Ploix has had an extensive career in finance and investment in the public and private sectors, most notably as an Executive Director at the IMF and World Bank.

She is currently chairman of Paris-based private equity firm Pechel Industries and has been on the board of Genesis since 2012.