The Board of Smithson Investment Trust plc announced the appointment of Denise Hadgill as a Director of the Company with effect from 1 June 2022. Mrs. Hadgill is a non-executive director and Chair of the Investment Committee of PG Mutual, a non-executive director of Henderson Diversified Income Trust plc, and a non-executive director of Chelverton UK Dividend Trust plc and its wholly owned subsidiary, SDV 2025 ZDP plc. She was formerly a Managing Director at BlackRock and Head of the UK Product Specialist Group and prior to this, a UK Equity Fund Manager at Schroder Investment Management Limited.