The Board of British Smaller Companies VCT plc announced the appointment of Adam Bastin as an independent non-executive director with effect from 11 September 2019 together with the appointment of Jonathan Cartwright as an independent non- executive director with effect from 1 October 2019. Adam Bastin is currently VP of Corporate Development at Arm Limited. He is also a non-executive director of other early stage technology companies, including Pragmatic Printing and Trustonic Limited. Jonathan Cartwright is currently Chairman of BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust plc and Aberforth Split Level Income Trust plc and is also a non-executive director of The Income & Growth VCT plc and Tennants Consolidated Limited. Jonathan has significant experience of the investment trust and VCT sectors and of serving on the boards of both public and private companies in executive and non-executive roles. He will be appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee.