The Board of Kings Arms Yard VCT PLC announced the appointment of Swarupa Pathakji and Dr. John Chiplin as non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from 1 November 2021. Swarupa Pathakji moved to Duke Street, a mid-market Private Equity fund manager, in 2007 and has served as a non-executive Director on the Boards of a number of companies across multiple sectors. She is currently non-executive Director of OFS (DS) Holdings Ltd. where she is chair of the Audit Committee. Swarupa will succeed Thomas Chambersas Chair of the Audit Committee on his retirement from the role. John Chiplin is Chairman of Scancell Holdings plc, N4 Pharma plc and Biotherapy Services Limited. He is also Managing Director of Newstar Ventures Ltd.