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Aberdeen Asia Focus PLC

Activities of investment trusts

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 16

  1. Lindsay William Ernest Cooper 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Debbie Jane Guthrie 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Philip Edward Yea 2014-2020 Director View profile
  4. Mark Robert Hadsley-Chaplin 2013-2016 Director View profile
  5. Mcdonnell, Randal Alexander St John, Earl of Antrim 2013-2023 Director View profile
  6. Christopher Simon Maude 2007-2019 Director View profile
  7. Iain Ogilvy Swain Saunders 2004-2006 Director View profile
  8. Haruko Fukuda OBE 2003-2020 Director View profile
  9. Radhika Ajmera 2001-2004 Director View profile
  10. Peter John Hames 1998-2004 Director View profile
  11. Alan Scott Kemp 1996-2013 Director View profile
  12. Nigel Kenneth Cayzer 1995-2022 Director View profile
  13. Eric Carl Elstob 1995-2003 Director View profile
  14. Sin Tho Wee 1995-2000 Director View profile
  15. Hugh Young 1995-2020 Director View profile
  16. Martin James Gilbert 1995-2020 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of investment trusts
Incorporated
20/09/1995
Registered office
London
Previous names
Abrdn Asia Focus PLC (until 14/10/2025)
Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC (until 04/04/2022)
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC (until 09/11/2018)
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

5 directors on the board

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
7.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 4Manufacturing 1Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03106339
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/01/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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