Syncona Appoint Virginia Holmes as Non-Executive Director 7:33 am Syncona Ltd (LON:SYNC), a leading healthcare company focused on founding, building and funding a portfolio of global leaders in life sciences, has announced the appointment of Virginia Holmes as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 January 2021. Virginia has extensive knowledge of the financial services industry including investment management and banking. She was previously Chief Executive of AXA Investment Managers UK and held a number of senior leadership roles over more than a decade at Barclays Bank Group. Virginia also brings a wide range of Board experience, both with UK listed companies and organisations across various jurisdictions. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of Intermediate Capital Group plc, a FTSE 100 specialist asset manager, and of the European Opportunities Trust plc, a closed ended European equity fund. She is also Chair of USS Investment Management Ltd, the fiduciary manager of Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd.