The Board of Fidelity Special Values PLC announced the appointment of Ominder Dhillon as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 23 June 2022. He will also serve as a member of the Audit, Management Engagement and Nomination Committees of the Board. Mr. Dhillon is non-executive Director for The City of London Investment Trust plc and a Senior Advisor to IC Research, a fintech institutional market intelligence platform.

He is also a Trustee to a UK charity, Facing History & Ourselves. Mr. Dhillon has more than 29 years' experience of asset management covering institutional, wholesale and retail channels. He was, until January 2020, Global Head of Institutional Distribution at M&G Investments, part of M&G plc.

Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Global Business Development at sustainable and impact investment specialist Impax Asset Management. Prior to Impax, he was Head of UK & Ireland Institutional Distribution at Fidelity International, Director Institutional Business Development at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and a Director and Portfolio Manager at John Morrell & Associates Limited.