SWIP appoints Jan C de Bruijn as Senior Fund Manager

SWIP appoints Jan C de Bruijn as Senior Fund Manager, Asia and Emerging Markets Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Jan C de Bruijn as Senior Fund Manager. Jan (35) will report to Graham Wood, Investment Director - Head of International Research. He will join our Asia and Emerging Markets team on 19th August and have a joint stock analyst/fund manager role. Jan joins from Shell Pensioenfonds Beheer (in Holland), where he has spent the last 5 years. Most recently Jan was a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Emerging Asian markets where he managed equity and bond portfolios with a value of €550m. Prior to this Jan was a Portfolio Manager with two large UK financial institutions researching Asia Pacific stocks. Commenting on Jan C de Bruijn's appointment, Graham Wood said: "I am delighted to welcome Jan to SWIP. His experience and track record make him a valuable addition to the resources we can call on for research and fund management". For further information please contact: Caroline Partridge Head of Corporate Communications Tel: 0131 655 6527 Scottish Widows Investment Partnership caroline.partridge@swipartnership.co.uk Beth Kerr Media Relations Manager Tel: 0131 655 8461 Scottish Widows Investment Partnership beth.kerr@swipartnership.co.uk Notes to Editors: SWIP · SWIP is one of the UK and Europe's largest fund mangers with around £78bn* funds under management (*as at Dec 31 2001). · SWIP has a broad client base, managing assets for Pension Funds, Charities, Local Authorities, Unit Linked Life Funds, Unit Trusts, Oeics, Off-Shore Funds and Specialist Funds across all asset classes. · SWIP manages retail assets in excess of £60bn, which includes Unit Trust and Oeic Funds making it the second largest retail funds manager in the UK. It manages around £18bn of institutional assets, making it one of the 10 largest active institutional fund managers in the UK. · It has a geographical diverse client base with alliances, joint ventures and clients in the UK, Europe, USA, Hong Kong, Japan, South East Asia and the Middle East. · SWIP's ultimate parent is Lloyds TSB, one of the most powerful financial services groups in Europe. · Past Performance is not a guide to the future. The value of an investment and the income from it can fall as well as rise and is not guaranteed. · ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/06/21/20020621BIT00160/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/06/21/20020621BIT00160/wkr0002.pdf