JPMorgan Global Growth & Income plc announced the appointment of Steve Bates as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from December 20, 2022. Steven Bates is currently serving as director and Chief Investment Officer of GuardCap Asset Management Limited and is also a non-executive director of GuardCap UCITS plc and The Biotech Growth Trust plc. He has served as the head of emerging markets at J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (UK) Limited, a business he established for a predecessor organisation (Flemings) in 1990.

Steven was previously non-executive chair of Vinacapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited and of Third Point Investors Limited.