Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc announced that the current Board of four Directors has been unchanged since the IPO in 2010. In line with corporate governance best practice it had decided to initiate a process of Board refreshment. John Aston and Antony Milford will step down at the forthcoming AGM in February 2018. Following a thorough search process, the company decided to appoint Neal Ransome and Lisa Arnold, on 13 December 2017 and 1 February 2018 respectively. Neal is a former partner of PwC and was Head of PwC's Pharmaceutical and Healthcare M&A practice until 2013. Neal is also a Non-Executive Director of two venture capital trusts; he will become Chairman of the Audit Committee on the retirement of John Aston at the end of February. Lisa is also a Non-Executive Director of PIMCO Europe Ltd.