Fidelity China Special Situations PLC announced that Elisabeth Scott, having served on the Board as a non-executive Director since 1 November 2011 and as a Senior Independent Director since 22 July 2016, stepped down from the Board at the conclusion of the AGM on 20 July 2021. She was succeeded as a non-executive Director by Alastair Bruce who was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2021 and she was succeeded as Senior Independent Director by Linda Yueh on 20 July 2021. As part of the Board's succession plan, Nicholas Bull will retire as Chairman at the AGM on 20 July 2022.

Following a formal process, the Board decided that Mike Balfour will succeed as Chairman at the conclusion of the AGM. As Mike is currently Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, Alastair will succeed Mike at the same time. The Board has appointed Georgina Field as a non-executive Director from 1 July 2022.

Her biography is in the Annual Report and she will stand for election at the AGM on 20 July 2022.