The Board of JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc announced the appointment of Jill May as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with effect from February 1, 2017. She is a Panel Member of the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") and is a member of the CMA Enquiry into Retail Banking and SME Lending. She was also a non-executive Director of the CMA from its inception in 2013 until October 2016. She is a non-executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants ("ICAEW").