JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust announces Christopher Metcalfe and Dominic Neary to its Board as upcoming Independent Directors

– UK, London –  JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc (LON:JUSC), today  announced the appointment of Christopher Metcalfe and Dominic Neary as independent non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from 1st January 2019.

Mr Metcalfe has extensive US equity fund management and investment trust experience. He also has a deep understanding of UK investors having worked for a decade each at three of the largest fund management institutions in London; namely in senior positions managing investment funds at Newton Investment Management, Schroder Investment Management and Henderson Administration Group plc.

Mr Neary has managed US and global equity portfolios over his 20-year investment career, and has been involved with investment trusts throughout this time. In January 2018 Mr Neary was appointed to the board of the Value and Income Trust, an investment trust focused on generating income from a portfolio of directly-held UK equities and commercial properties. Prior to this, he was the manager of The Scottish American Investment Company PLC and an investment manager at Baillie Gifford & Co., Edinburgh and numerous other investment institutions.

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