British Empire Trust plc announced that Graham Kitchen has been appointed as a non-executive Director of the company with effect from 1 January 2019. Graham Kitchen was Global Head of Equities at Janus Henderson Investors until March 2018, having joined in 2005. Graham is a non-executive director of the Mercantile Investment Trust plc and of Invesco Perpetual Select Trust plc. He is also a non-executive director of Places for People, is Chair of the Investment Committee for the Cancer Research Pension Fund, and is a member of the Investment Committee of the charity Independent Age. As previously announced, Steven Bates will retire as a non-executive Director of the Company following Annual General Meeting held on December 19, 2018.