The Board of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc announced the appointment of Mrs. Bridget Guerin as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 8 May 2018. Mrs. Guerin has spent 33 years in the investment industry. She has held senior positions at Ivory & Sime and Schroders. She was also managing director of Matrix Money Management Limited where she was responsible for a potfolio of VCTs, hedge funds and UCITs funds.