Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc announced the appointment of Gordon Neilly as a non-executive director of the company, with effect from September 21, 2020. Neilly has also been appointed as a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees from this date. Neilly is currently a non-executive director of Personal Assets Trust plc. Neilly was until the end of August 2020, Chief of Staff at Standard Life Aberdeen, prior to which he was Global Head of Strategy at Aberdeen Standard Investments and was responsible for developing the group's strategy and overseeing its implementation as well as overseeing all corporate activity for the Group and its closed end fund business.