The Board of JPMorgan Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc announced the appointment of Andrew Impey as an independent non-executive Director of the company, with effect from 16 March 2015. Andrew is responsible for managing both equity and balanced portfolios at OLIM. He has over 25 years experience as a fund manager and has managed a broad range of funds including several investment trusts.

Prior to joining OLIM in 2009, Andrew was Chief Investment Officer at Singer & Friedlander Investment Management. In addition to his CIO responsibilities, Andrew managed the charity portfolios. Earlier in his career Andrew worked at Dresdner RCM, River and Mercantile Investment Management and Strauss Turnbull & Co specializing in UK small and mid capitalization equities.