The Board of Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust plc announced that Zehrid Osmani will be appointed as the Company's Co-Portfolio Manager alongside Mr. Tom Walker, with effect from 30 June 2018. Mr. Osmani joined Martin Currie Investment Management Limited on 14 May 2018 as Head of the Global Long Term Unconstrained Team. Zehrid is head of the Global Long-Term Unconstrained team. He joined Martin Currie in May 2018 from BlackRock, where he held a number of senior roles. He was Head of European Equities Research and had responsibility for managing several pan-European equity funds with a specific focus on unconstrained, high-conviction, long-term portfolios. Prior to this, Zehrid managed equity portfolios at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), and was a specialist sector analyst at Commerzbank Securities, UBS Warburg and Credit Lyonnais. Zehrid began his investment career as a trainee fund manager at Scottish Investment Trust.