Blue Planet Investment Trust plc announced that on the 12th March 2019, Mr. Russell Frith was appointed a director and Chairman of the Company. Russell Anthony John Frith, BA Hons Law & Economics, is a Chartered Accountant with over 35 years’ experience of business, public sector auditing and supervision and in setting accounting and regulatory standards. He commenced his career with Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG) where he audited major financial services companies and subsequently joined Coopers & Lybrand’s (now PWC) corporate finance team, acting as reporting accountant on acquisitions, disposals and flotations.