Directorate Change

RNS Number : 7515O

Witan Investment Trust PLC

09 November 2016

 

WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

9 November 2016

Board Appointment

The Board of Witan Investment Trust plc ("the Company") is pleased to announce that John (Jack) Scott Perry has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 January 2017.

Mr Perry was Managing Partner, Glasgow and Regional Industry Leader (Technology, Communications and Entertainment and Consumer Products) for Scotland and Northern Ireland for Ernst and Young LLP.  He was also Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise.  He has served on the Boards of FTSE 250 and other public and private companies and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.  He is a past Chairman of CBI Scotland.

Mr Perry is currently chairman of ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments Limited and European Assets Trust NV and was a director of Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC until 7 February 2012.  He has not held any other directorships of publicly quoted companies in the last five years.

There is no other information concerning Mr Perry which is required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13 R of the Listing Rules.

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For further information please contact:

Andrew Bell, Chief Executive Officer

Witan Investment Trust plc

Tel: [phone]

[e-mail]

 

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