The Board of Directors of Artemis Alpha Trust plc announced the appointment of Mr. Jamie Korner as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 6 April 2017. Jamie is a partner of Stanhope Capital LLP. After working at stockbroker Fielding Newson Smith and as a manager of institutional funds at M&G, he moved to Newton Investment Management in 1995. He led the charity and smaller institutional business of Newton until his retirement in 2011. He is a non-executive director of Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust plc.