The Board of UK Commercial Property Trust Limited announced that Mr. Michael Ayre has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company, effective 24 February 2016. Michael joined the former BDO Reads, in 1987 progressing to his appointment as a tax partner in 1991. Subsequent to the purchase of the fiduciary, investment and taxation divisions of BDO Reads by Banque Generale du Luxembourg in 1999, Michael was appointed as the Group Managing Director of its successor, Fortis Guernsey, in 2003 - a position he held until February 2009.