Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (the 'Company')
Appointment of independent non-executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr David Kidd as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 8 November 2016.
Mr Kidd is a director of The Law Debenture Pension Trust Corporation PLC, which acts as independent trustee for over 200 pension schemes including many FTSE 100 companies. He has over 30 years investment management experience, having been chief investment officer of the Royal Bank of Scotland's investment management arm, the charity specialists Chiswell Associates and the private bank Arbuthnot Latham. He is a non-executive director of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust plc and Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust, and a director of The Golden Charter Trust Limited. Mr Kidd was previously a non-executive director of Shires Income plc.
There are no other details to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.
For further information, please contact:
Artemis Fund Managers Limited
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0131 225 7300