Pacific Horizon Investment Trust plc announced that it has appointed Ewan Markson-Brown as portfolio manager with immediate effect. Roderick Snell will continue to be the deputy and Mike Gush will continue to provide input as a member of the Emerging Markets Department, which covers Asian equities. Ewan Markson-Brown joined Baillie Gifford in September 2013 where he has specific responsibility for covering the Korean and ASEAN markets.

Prior to joining Baillie Gifford he had been a Senior Vice President, Emerging Market Equities, at PIMCO Europe and prior to that a portfolio manager covering Asian equities at Newton Investment Management. In total he has 14 years' investment experience.