The board of directors of Artemis Alpha Trust plc announced the appointment of Mrs. Victoria Stewart as an independent non-executive director of the company with effect from 31 May 2019. Victoria was the sole manager of the Royal London UK Smaller Companies Fund from its inception in 2007, leaving in 2016 and taking up a non-executive director role with Secure Trust Bank plc where she is now also Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.