BlackRock Commodities Income Inv. Trust announces Carol Bell to Board as upcoming Independent Non-Executive Director

– UK, London – BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc is pleased to confirm the appointment of Dr Carol Bell as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 December 2014. Dr Bell will also serve as a member of the Company’s Audit and Management Engagement Committee and Nomination Committee.

Dr Bell began her career in corporate planning and business development in the exploration and production sector at Charterhouse Petroleum and RTZ Oil & Gas. She enjoyed a successful career in the City, as a managing director of Chase Manhattan Bank’s Global Oil & Gas Group, head of European equity research at JP Morgan and several years as an equity research analyst in the oil and gas sector at Credit Suisse First Boston and UBS.

She is currently a non-executive director of Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, Salamander Energy plc and two listed holding companies of the Fred Olsen Group (Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA), a member of the S4C authority, the governing body of the Welsh language public service broadcaster and a Trustee of the National Museum Wales. Dr Bell has previously been a director of Hardy Oil & Gas plc, Det norske oljeselskap ASA and Caracal Energy Inc. (now Glencore E&P (Canada)Inc.).

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