The Board of JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc announced its intention to appoint Christopher Samuel as a Non-Executive Director of the company with effect from the close of the annual general meeting on 19th December 2014. Mr. Samuel was previously Chief Executive Officer of Ignis Asset Management and will bring to the Board considerable experience of the investment management industry and Japan where he was based earlier in his career. Having served the Board since 1996, Jeremy Paulson-Ellis will retire as a Director and Chairman of the company following the close of the annual general meeting on 19th December 2014.