The Board of The Monks Investment Trust PLC announced the appointment of Jeremy Tigue as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from September 30, 2014. Mr. Tigue stepped down as the fund manager of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC earlier this year after seventeen years and is retiring from F&C Management on September 30, 2014 after thirty-three years. He is currently chairman of BACIT Limited (Battle against Cancer Investment Trust) and is a director of Graphite Enterprise Trust PLC and The Mercantile Investment Trust plc.