WHO WE ARE

The Board

Our independent non-executive directors are appointed for a fixed term of three years.

James Will

Chairman

Appointed to the Board in May 2013 and became Chairman in January 2016.

Chair of the Nomination Committee.

James Will is a former Chairman of law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP where he was a senior corporate partner, heading its financial sector practice. He has experience of working with companies in a wide range of industry sectors including financial services, technology, energy and life sciences.

He is Chair of Asia Dragon Trust plc and a director of Herald Investment Trust plc.

Jane Lewis

Director

Appointed to the Board in December 2015.

Chair of the Remuneration Committee

Jane Lewis is an investment trust specialist who, until August 2013, was a director of corporate finance and broking at Winterflood Investment Trusts. Prior to this, she worked at Henderson Global Investors and Gartmore Investment Management Limited in investment trust business development and at WestLB Panmure as an investment trust broker.

She is Chair of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC and a director of BlackRock World Mining Trust plc, BMO Capital and Income Investment Trust PLC and Majedie Investments PLC.

Mick Brewis

Director

Appointed to the Board in December 2015.

Mick Brewis is an experienced investor who was a partner at Baillie Gifford for 21 years, heading the North American equities team and having global asset allocation responsibilities. Prior to that he managed UK equity portfolios at the firm.

He has a non-executive advisory role with Castlebay Investment Partners and is a trustee of the National Library of Scotland Foundation.

Karyn Lamont

DIRECTOR

Appointed to the Board in October 2017.

Chair of the Audit Committee.

Karyn Lamont is a chartered accountant and former audit partner at PwC. She has over 25 years of experience and provided audit and other services to a range of clients across the UK’s financial services sector including a number of investment trusts. Her specialist knowledge includes financial reporting, audit and controls, risk management, regulatory compliance and governance.

She is a director of The North American Income Trust plc, The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C., Scottish Building Society and iomart Group plc.

Neil Rogan

DIRECTOR

Appointed to the Board in September 2019.

Neil Rogan has broad experience of investment companies both as an investment manager and as a non-executive director. He was Head of Global Equities at Gartmore with sole responsibility for Gartmore Global Focus Fund. At Jardine Fleming Investment Management and Fleming Investment Management, he was the lead manager of Fleming Far Eastern Investment Trust for many years.

He is Chair of both Murray Income Trust PLC and Invesco Asia Trust plc.