Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust announces Victoria Stewart to its Board as Independent Director

– UK, Edinburgh –  Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc (LON: ASL) today announced the appointment of Victoria Stewart to its Board as a non-executive independent Director effective from 1 September 2020.

About Victoria Stewart

Victoria spent twenty-two years as a fund manager, joining Chiswell Investment Management in 1994 before moving to Royal London Asset Management in 1998. She was the sole manager of the Royal London UK Smaller Companies Fund from its inception in 2007, leaving in 2016 and taking up a non-executive director role with Secure Trust Bank PLC where she is chairman of the remuneration committee. Victoria has considerable experience of managing and investing in various investment vehicles and mid and small-cap listed companies and has a strong working knowledge of performance analysis and corporate governance. Victoria is also a non-executive director of Artemis Alpha Fund plc and JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc.

For more information: https://www.aberforth.co.uk/investment-trusts/aberforth-smaller-companies-trust/

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