The Board of Woodford Patient Capital Trust PLC announced the appointment of Carolan Dobson and Alan Hodson as non-executive directors, both with immediate effect. Carolan Dobson has a background in fund management and is an experienced non-executive director in public and private sector organisations, including a diverse portfolio of investment trust roles. She spent her executive career at Murray Johnstone Ltd, where she managed Murray Income plc and was a main board director, and later joined Abbey National Asset Management, as head of UK. Alan Hodson is the senior independent director of JPMorgan Elect plc and non-executive director HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited. He joined Rowe and Pitman (subsequently SG Warburg, SBC and UBS) in 1984 and worked in a range of roles, all related to international equity markets. He became Global Head of Equities in April 2001 and was a member of the Executive Committee of UBS Investment Bank and of the UBS AG Group Managing Board. In addition to his commercial board roles, Alan has served on the boards of a number of charities, including Chairman of Trustees of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (2007-2015).