Gresham House plc announced that Rachel Beagles will join the Company's Board as a Non-Executive Director effective 1 March 2018. Rachel joins with a wealth of investment industry experience, and was recently appointed Chairman of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). She is also Chairman of Securities Trust of Scotland plc (STS) and of NewlonBuild Ltd, a social housing provider, and also sits on the board of BlackRock Emerging Europe plc (BEEP) and Aberdeen New India Investment Trust plc (ANII). Prior to these appointments Rachel was Vice-Chairman of Newlon Housing Trust, and spent ten years as non-executive director of Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund plc (SCP) between 2006 and 2016, and four years as a managing director at Deutsche Bank Securities.