Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust PLC announced the appointment of Dr. Linda Bell as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 19 September 2018. Linda Bell is the CEO of Mirico Limited, a company commercialising laser spectroscopy into industrial applications, former CEO of PhosphonicS Limited (acquired by Carbosynth Holdings Limited in January 2017) and a director of Tomra Systems ASA, a Norwegian supplier of recycling and sorting equipment listed in Norway.