JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc announced David Gamble has indicated his intention to retire from the Board at the conclusion of the 2014 AGM. In order to ensure appropriate succession planning and continuity, Sarah Arkle was appointed a Director with effect from 1st September 2013. Sarah is a very experienced investment professional, having previously held a number of senior positions within Threadneedle Asset Management where she worked from 1983 until 2011.

She is also is a Non-Executive Director of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust plc, Henderson Group plc and a member of the Newnham College Cambridge Investment Committee.