Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust PLC announced that John Carson, who was appointed to the Board in June 2007, will retire as a Director at the Annual General Meeting. John is the Senior Independent Director and was, until May 2017, Chairman of the company, having also chaired the Audit Committee. The company announced that, following a formal recruitment process with independent search, Howard Williams will be appointed as an independent non-executive Director with effect from 1 April 2018. Howard has over 35 years' of fund management experience and was, until October 2017, Chief Investment Officer and Head of the Global Equity Team at JPMorgan Asset Management. Howard will stand for election at the Annual General Meeting.