Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust plc announced the appointment of Caroline Ramsay as an independent non-executive Director, with effect from 22 August 2016. Mrs. Ramsay is currently a non-executive Director of Aegon UK where she also chairs the Audit Committee; she is a non-executive Director of Tesco Underwriting Limited and is a member of the Financial Conduct Authority's Regulatory Decisions Committee. Mrs. Ramsay was until 2012 Group Chief Auditor with RSA plc.