abrdn Equity Income Trust plc announced the appointment of Mark Little as an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 August 2022. Mr. Little will also join the Company's Audit and Remuneration and Management Engagement Committees and will succeed Sarika Patel as Audit Committee Chair on the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting in February 2023 when Ms Patel will become the Chair of the Board following the scheduled retirement of Mark White. Mr. Little began his career in the investment industry as a fund manager with Scottish Widows Investment Management after qualifying in 1991 as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse. He subsequently worked as Global Head of Automotive Research for Deutsche Bank and Managing Director of Barclays Wealth (Scotland and Northern Ireland), a position that he held for eight years until 2013. Mr. Little is currently a Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman of the Majedie Investment Trust Plc, Securities Trust of Scotland Plc and BlackRock Smaller Companies plc.

He was previously Investment Director of Seven Investment Management and a Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman of Sanditon Investment Trust plc.