The board of The Brunner Investment Trust PLC announced the appointment of Amanda Aldridge as a non-executive director of the company with effect from 1 December 2019 and of Andrew Hutton as a non-executive director of the company with effect from 20 April 2020. As described in the company's latest Annual Report the board has a succession plan in place for the appointment and retirement of directors and in accordance with this plan Vivian Bazalgette is to retire from the board on 22 November 2019. Following Vivian Bazalgette's retirement from the board, Peter Maynard is appointed as the Senior Independent Director and Jim Sharp is appointed as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Amanda worked at KPMG LLP for 33 years until 2017 and during her career she was Head of the Retail Sector practice before becoming Head of Contract Governance in the Risk-Consulting Division. Andrew is owner and director of A. J. Hutton Ltd, an investment advisory practice. He is a member of the Governing Body of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. Both Amanda Aldridge and Andrew Hutton will become members of the Audit Committee, Management Engagement Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nominations Committee on appointment.