Directorate Change

RNS Number : 1739Z

Scottish Mortgage Inv Tst PLC

12 March 2012

 

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC

Appointment of Director

The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Linda Yueh as a Director of the Company with effect from 3 May 2012. 

Linda Yueh is an economist, broadcaster and author.  A Fellow in Economics at Oxford University and Adjunct Professor of Economics at the London Business School, Linda Yueh is Economics Editor for Bloomberg TV, directs the China Growth Centre (CGC) at St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford and is an associate of the Globalisation Programme at the Centre for Economic Performance and the International Affairs, Diplomacy & Strategy Research Centre, both at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  A Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Professor Yueh's work examines major economies such as Britain, China, United States, Europe as well as developing countries.  Previously, Professor Yueh was an international corporate lawyer.  Professor Yueh has advised the World Bank, European Commission, Asian Development Bank, World Economic Forum and is a Non-Executive Director of JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust plc and Board Member of London & Partners.  

The Chairman of Scottish Mortgage, John Scott said:  "We are very fortunate that Professor Linda Yueh has agreed to join the Board given the excellent fit between her knowledge and experience and the scope of a global investment trust such as Scottish Mortgage. I am sure that Linda will add an extremely useful perspective to discussions on a broad range of investment, economic and other matters."

There is no further information required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13.

Baillie Gifford & Co

Company Secretaries

12 March 2012

 

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