The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. announced that Lord Kerr of Kinlochard has formally intimated that he will be retiring from the Board at the Company's annual general meeting to be held in April 2019 and so will not be offering himself for re-election at that meeting. Lord Kerr joined the Board in 2002 and was appointed Senior Independent Director in 2012. The Company also announced the appointment of Dame Mariot Leslie as a non-executive director of the Company, with effect from 1 January 2019. From 2002-06 she was the British Ambassador to Norway and she was UK Permanent Representative to NATO between 2010 and 2014. The appointment of Dame Mariot falls to be ratified by Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in April 2019. The Company also announced the intention to propose to Shareholders the election of Karyn Lamont as a non-executive director of the Company at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in April 2019.