The Board of Invesco Asia Trust plc announced the appointment of Mr. Owen Jonathan as a Non-Executive Director of the company with effect from 1 March 2013. Mr. Jonathan is currently senior advisor to the Global Executive Committee of Norton Rose where he advises on global structure, risk management and future development matters. Between 1983 and 1994 Mr. Jonathan was a Partner at Norton Rose.

From 1994 to 2000 he held the positions of Deputy Chief Executive and subsequently Chief Executive of South China Morning Post. From 1994 to 1997 he was also General Counsel to the Kuok Group. In 2000 Mr. Jonathan joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as General Counsel where he was a member of Executive Board for over ten years, retiring in December 2012.