The Board of Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company plc announced the appointment of Jasper Judd as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 February 2023. Jasper has been a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) since 1987 and his career includes ten years at ASX/LSE dual-listed Brambles Ltd/Brambles Industries PLC, where he held senior finance and strategy roles and was a member of the Group Executive and Group Risk Committees. On appointment, Jasper will also join the Company's Management Engagement, Nominee and Audit and Risk Committees and hold the position of Audit and Risk Committee Chairman Designate with effect from the same date.

In accordance with the Company's succession plan in place for the appointment and retirement of directors, Mike Holt, Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, will step down from the Board at the Annual General Meeting in 2023, after serving as a director for nine years, and be succeeded by Jasper. Jasper Judd is currently the Audit and Risk Committee Chairman of JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust PLC, Audit Committee Chair designate of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies PLC and Audit Committee Chairman of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust PLC.