The Board announced the appointment of Sapna Shah as a non-executive director of BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc with effect from 12 December 2023, following the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting. Sapna has 20 years of investment banking experience advising UK companies, including listed REITs and investment companies, on IPOs, equity capital market transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Sapna was appointed as a non-executive director of The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) in January 2021 and is a member of the AIC remuneration committee.

Sapna is a Senior Adviser at Panmure Gordon Limited and prior to this held senior investment banking roles at UBS AG, Oriel Securities (now Stifel Nicolaus Europe) and Cenkos Securities. She is currently a non-executive director of Supermarket Income REIT plc and BioPharma Credit PLC. Miss Shah will also serve as a member of the Company's Audit and Management Engagement Committee.