BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc announced the appointment of Mr. Ronald Gould as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 April 2019. Mr. Gould will also serve as a member of the Company’s Audit, Nomination and Management Engagement Committees. Mr. Gould is currently a non-executive director of ONE Re Ltd. and Chairman of Think Alliance Asia and Compliance Science Ltd, and was previously a non-executive director of the JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust plc. He was also previously Managing Director and head of the Promontory Financial Group in China, CEO of Chi-X Asia Pacific, Senior Adviser to the UK Financial Services Authority, CEO of investment bank ABG Sundal Collier and Vice Chairman of Barclays Bank asset management activities.