The Board of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC announced the appointment of Marion Sears as an independent non-executive Director of the company with effect from 1 August 2016. Marion Sears is currently a non-executive director of Persimmon plc, Dunelm Group plc, Fidelity European Values plc and Octopus AIM VCT plc. In the past five years she has been a director of Zetar Group plc. She will stand for election at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 31 August 2016.