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To: RNS
From: The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc
Date: 29 June 2017
Directorate change
The Board of The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Baird as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 28 June 2017.
After a period with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Andrew worked for thirteen years at JP Morgan, culminating in a role as Head of Asian Equity Research and co-manager of the Asian Equities division in Hong Kong. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 as co-director of Asian Equity Research, followed by a senior management role in the European Equity Research department. On leaving Goldman Sachs in 2005 he co-founded Chayton Capital, an alternative investment management firm which he chaired until 2012. Since that time he has had a variety of non-executive roles in the investment management, social enterprise and charity sectors.
There is no further information required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13 in relation to this appointment.
Steven Davidson
Company Secretary
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