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Gerald Malone
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aberdeen Funds,
and of Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc.
and Aberdeen Global Income Fund Inc.
Gerald Malone is independent chairman of Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. (FAX) as well as independent chairman of Aberdeen Funds, the open-ended fund family in the U.S. A graduate of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, Mr. Malone trained as a lawyer and entered politics in the UK as a Member of Parliament in 1985, winning and representing the constituency of Aberdeen South and then as MP for the town of Winchester. He served in Margaret Thatcher's government from 1985 to 1987 and was deputy chairman of the UK's Conservative Party from 1992 to 1994. Under Prime Minister Major's government from 1994 to 1997 he served as the UK's Minister of State for Health. Between 1987 and 1992, he was Scottish editor of The Sunday Times, Britain's quality Sunday newspaper and was a business presenter for the BBC on a number of business and current affairs programmes. Since 1997, he has built a portfolio of interests in healthcare, software services and financial services.
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