The Board of JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies Trust plc announced the appointment of Yuuichiro Nakajima as a non-executive director of the company with effect from April 1, 2014. Nakajima founded Crimson Phoenix K.K. in Japan in 2003 and subsequently established Crimson Phoenix Limited in London in 2012. Nakajima was a member of the Executive Board of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan until 2012.