The Board of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC announced the appointment of Simon Davis (Sam) as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 October 2021. Sam studied Japanese at Oxford before joining Morgan Grenfell & Co. Ltd, working initially in corporate finance in both London and Tokyo. He moved to Morgan Grenfell Asset Management in 1996 to work with a Tokyo-based team. In 2000 he joined Putnam Investments first in Boston, MA and then in London where, over his 19 year tenure, he managed Asian, European and broad international equity portfolios. As Putnam's Co-Head of Equities he oversaw a global investment team and was CEO of Putnam Investments Ltd, the group's UK regulated entity. The appointment of Mr. Davis falls to be ratified by Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in December 2021.