BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc announced the appointment of Mr. Hatem Dowidar as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 7 February 2024. Mr. Dowidar will also serve as a member of the Company's Audit & Management Engagement Committee. Mr. Dowidar is the Group CEO of e&.

He joined the e& Group in September 2015 as Group Chief Operating Officer and was appointed as CEO, International in March 2016, before becoming Group CEO in 2020. He is currently a board member of Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily), Maroc Telecom, e& Egypt, Careem Technologies, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry and GSM Association. He is also a member of the United Nations International Governance Forum Leadership Panel.

Within the past five years, he has also been non-executive Director of Hutch Sri Lanka, Attijariwafa Bank Egypt, Pakistan Telecommunications Company (PTCL) and Ufone. In his executive career, he has been Regional Director and Group Chief of Staff of Vodafone Group, CEO of Vodafone Egypt, CEO of Vodafone Partner Markets and CEO Malta. Earlier in his career he had brand marketing and Public Affairs managerial roles in Procter & Gamble.

Mr. Dowidar qualified as an Engineer before achieving an MBA. Sarmad Zok, who will step down from the Board at the upcoming AGM. Sarmad joined the Board in 2011.