The Board of JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust plc announced that after a thorough selection process undertaken with the assistance of Nurole it has decided to appoint Patrick Edwardson as an independent non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from October 1, 2020. Patrick Edwardson had 27 years of investment experience as a fund manager with Baillie Gifford where he was a partner and Head of the Multi-Asset Team, before his recent retirement. Sir Laurence Magnus will be stepping down as Chairman and Director of the Company and Sarah MacAulay will succeed him as Chairman. The date for this has now been agreed as October 1, 2020, to coincide with the appointment of the new Director.