Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund plc announced the appointment of Clare Dobie as a non-executive director of the company, with effect from 11 September 2013. Mrs. Dobie is a non-executive director of F&C Capital and Income Trust plc and a trustee of Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust. She is also a director of Braxted Marketing Measures, having previously held senior positions in the asset management industry at Barclays Global Investors and GAM.

She began her career as a financial journalist, working at The Times and The Independent, where she was City Editor.