Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust PLC announced that Barry Rose has retired as a Director and announced the appointment of Christopher Metcalfe as an independent non-executive Director of the company. Both changes take place with immediate effect. It is intended that an additional independent non-executive director will be recruited before the next AGM in April 2022, in anticipation of the retirement of the Chairman, Robert Lister, at that meeting. Christopher, has over 30 years' experience in investment management, having been an investment manager at Newton Investment Management from 2006-2017, and prior to that at Schroder Investment Management and Henderson Administration Group. He is currently a non-executive director of Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust plc and JP Morgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc. Christopher will stand for election as a Director at the Annual General Meeting to be held in April 2022.