The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc Board announced the appointment of Karen Roydon as a non-executive Director of the Company, with effect from 8 December 2023. Karen, a CFA Charterholder, is an experienced investment manager. She started her career at BlackRock and in 2006 moved to Genesis Investment Management, a long-only Emerging Markets equities specialist.

During her seventeen years as a Portfolio Manager at Genesis she focused primarily on investing in listed businesses in Asia across the full range of market capitalisations. Since 2020 Karen has also chaired the GenEM Foundation, which funds sustainable, long-term income generation opportunities for marginalised communities in developing countries.