The Board of British Assets Trust plc announced the appointment of Mr. Jim Grover as a non-executive Director of the company with effect from 25 June 2013. Mr. Grover is Group Strategy Director of Diageo plc and a member of its Executive Committee. He will retire from Diageo plc at the end of September 2013 following 20 years with the company.

The Board also announced that, having served as a non-executive Director since 1998, Mr. James MacLeod will retire from the Board at the company's Annual General Meeting in January 2014.