Rights and Issues Investment Trust Plc announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Hosty as non-executive director of the company, effective from July 1, 2017. Hosty is the Chief Executive of the Sir Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials. He also serves at the board of Consort Medical plc as non-executive director and mOm Incubators ltd as Non-Executive Chairman. Previously, Hosty was Chief Operating Officer at Morgan Advanced Materials plc, an appointment he held from February 2013 until January 2016. Before this, he held a number of senior positions within Morgan Advanced Materials plc, including as Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Ceramics and served on the Morgan Advanced Materials plc board in from July 2010 to January 2016. Previously, Hosty was a non-executive director of Fiberweb plc from 2012 to 2013. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.