The Board of Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. announced the appointment of Wendy Colquhoun as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 5 January 2021. Ms. Colquhoun is a qualified solicitor and was, until May 2020, a partner at international law firm CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP. She remains a consultant to the firm. She has advised investment trust boards for over 25 years on advisory and transaction matters and has a thorough understanding of investment trusts and the regulatory and other challenges they face. She is a non-executive director of Henderson Opportunities Trust plc and Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund plc, a director and chair of the risk and governance committee of Scottish Financial Enterprise and a trustee of the Stewart Ivory Financial Education Trust.