As part of its succession planning and following a formal recruitment process, the Board of BMO UK High Income Trust Plc announced the appointment of Mrs. Helen Galbraith (nee Driver) and Mr. Stephen Mitchell as non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from 6 May 2020. Helen has over 20 years' experience in the Insurance and Asset Management industry as Head of Investor Relations at Aviva plc, Head of Global Equities at Aviva Investors and managing UK equities as Investment Director at Standard Life Investments. Helen is the founder of Moneyready, an online financial education platform for young people. Stephen has worked in investments for 40 years, most recently as a global equity specialist. He worked at Flemings then JPMorgan Asset Management and Private Bank for 24 years, subsequently at Caledonia Investment Trust running a global equity income fund and then Jupiter Asset Management.