Odyssean Investment Trust PLC announced the appointment of Linda Wilding as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 25 October 2023. It is intended that Linda will be appointed as Chair of the Company with effect from 31 March 2024 . Jane Tufnell intends to step down as Chair and non-executive director of the Company with effect from 31 March 2024 as part of OIT's ongoing succession planning, having served as Chair since the launch of the Company in April 2018.

Linda is currently a non-executive director of Balanced Commercial Property Trust Limited, Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) C Limited and Wesleyan Assurance Society and has held a number of non-executive director roles previously including on the boards of Electra Private Equity plc and UDG Healthcare plc. The majority of Linda's executive career was spent within the private equity division at Mercury Asset Management plc. She is a Chartered Accountant and holds a PhD in Biochemistry.

Linda currently holds 106,000 ordinary shares in the Company.