BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust plc appointed Carolan Dobson to serve as a member of the company's Audit Committee and Nomination and Management Engagement Committee, effective January 1, 2016. Ms. Dobson is the former head of UK equities at Abbey Asset Managers and head of investment trusts at Murray Johnstone and therefore brings a wealth of industry experience to the board. Ms. Dobson holds the following directorships of publicly quoted companies in the last five years: non-executive chairman JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust plc; non-executive chairman Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income Trust plc; non-executive director Brunner Investment Trust plc; and non-executive director Schroder UK Growth plc.