The Board of Fidelity Special Values PLC announced the appointment of Claire Boyle as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 24 June 2019. Claire will become Chairman of the Audit Committee when Sharon Brown, the current Audit Committee Chairman, steps down from the Board at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 12 December 2019 as she will have completed her nine year tenure. Claire will also serve as a member of the Management Engagement and Nomination Committees of the Board. Claire qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in 1993 and has over 17 years experience working in finance and equity investment management running portfolios over a wide range of sectors for international corporate, Government, State and retail clients, including unit and investment trusts. She was a Partner at Oxburgh Partners LLP with responsibility for their European Equity Hedge Fund. The Board also announced the appointment of Alison McGregor as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1stJanuary 2020. Alison is a non-executive director of CBI (Confederation of British Industries), Scottish Power Energy Networks Holdings and Beatson Cancer Charity and is an Advisor to the Board at Glasgow University Adam Smith Business School. She is also Co-Chair of the Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board.