The Board of JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust plc announced the appointments of June Aitken and Sir Richard Stagg as Non-Executive Directors of the Company with effect from 26th July 2018. Ms. Aiken has over three decades of experience in Asian equity markets. She was a founding partner and investor of Osmosis Investment Management LLP, a company established in 2009, which uses quantitative methodology to identify resource efficient companies. Prior to this, Ms. Aitken held numerous senior roles at HSBC Bank plc, London, where she was Global Head of Emerging Market Equity Distribution from 2004 to 2006 and Head of Strategy Management for two years after that. Ms. Aitken is currently a partner in a private consultancy business advising asset managers. Sir Richard Stagg is a former member of the British Diplomatic Service. He is currently Chairman of Rothschild India, chairman of Afghan Connection (a charity which supports education and cricket), a Trustee of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation (which works in Afghanistan and Burma) and a Trustee of SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies). He is also on the Advisory Board of the UK/India Business Council.