Schroder Japan Growth Fund plc announced the appointment of Angus Macpherson as an independent non-executive director of the Company, with effect from February 1, 2020. Mr. Macpherson has also been appointed a member of the audit and risk committee, nomination committee and management engagement committee. Mr. Macpherson's experience spans 30 years of working in corporate finance and capital markets, with Noble, Merril Lynch and Lazard in London, Asia, New York and Edinburgh. He is currently the non-executive chairman of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust plc and the non-executive chairman of Henderson Diversified Income Trust plc. Mr. Macpherson is a former director of JP Morgan Elect Plc. In addition, he is a trustee of the Scottish Policy Foundation and a director of Noble & Company (UK) Limited.