Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust PLC announce the appointment of William Dawkins ("Will") as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 11 November 2019. Will is Head of UK Board Practice at Spencer Stuart, a global executive search and leadership consulting firm, prior to which he spent 23 years in a variety of posts for The Financial Times, including deputy managing editor, foreign editor and later publishing editor. Will also chairs and is a Trustee and Director of the Evelyn Trust, a medical research grant giving charity based in Cambridge, and is a Governor and Director of The Perse School, Cambridge. The DSM board will once more be four directors, all of whom serve on all committees.