JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust appoints new non-exec

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust has appointed Ashok Gupta as a Non-Executive Director of the company.

The investment trust announced Friday he would step into the role next January.

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Gupta was a founding director of Pearl Group from 2004 to 2009. He has also held positions with Lloyds of London, CGU Plc, Scottish Amicable, Tillinghast-Towers Perrin and Bacon and Woodrow.

Shares were down 0.80% to 709.50p at 16:35 Friday for the company which has a market capitalisation of £254.41m.

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