The Board of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc announced the appointment of Angela Lane as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 10 June 2020. Ms Lane will also serve as a member of the Company’s Audit, Nomination & Management Engagement Committees. Angela spent 18 years working in private equity at 3i having joined in 1989 after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with PwC. Her final role at 3i was as a partner in 3i's Growth Capital business managing the UK portfolio. Since 2007 she has held several non-executive and advisory roles for small and medium capitalised companies across a range of industries including business services, healthcare, travel, media, consumer goods and infrastructure. She is currently a non-executive director of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust plc and Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust plc, where she is also chairman of the audit committee.