Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc announced the appointment of Vivien Gould as an independent non-executive director of the company, with effect from 21 May 2019. Ms Gould will also be a member of the audit and risk, nomination and management engagement committees. Ms Gould has worked in the financial services sector since 1981. She was a founder director of River & Mercantile Investment Management Limited (1985) and served there as a senior executive and deputy managing director until 1994.