The Board of JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc announced the appointment of Ruary Neill as a Non-Executive Director of the company with effect from January 1, 2017. Neill worked in investment banking for 28 years where he most recently managed the multi asset sales business at UBS Investment Bank. This entailed working closely with chief investment officers and senior asset managers on strategic and tactical asset allocation decisions. Prior to this he spent a number of years working in the Asian Equity Markets for UBS Investment Bank (and before Warburg Dillion Read, SBC Warburg, Warburg Securities and ROWAK) and Schroder Securities. He is now involved in Board work with both profit and not for profit organisations. He is Chairman of The Investment Committee, Great Ormond Street Children's Charity and a member of The Advisory Council, The SOAS China Institute, London University.