BLACKROCK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST
PLC
LEI: 549300MS535KC2WH4082
Change in Directorate
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc (“the Company”) is pleased
to announce the appointment of Ms Helen
Sinclair as a non-executive Director of the Company with
effect from 1 March 2022. Ms
Sinclair will also serve as a member of the Company’s Audit,
Nomination and Management Engagement Committees.
Ms Sinclair has an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD
Business School. After working in investment banking Helen
spent nearly eight years at 3i plc focussing on management buy-outs
and growth capital investments. She later co-founded Matrix
Private Equity (now Mobeus Equity Partners) in early 2000. She
subsequently became Managing Director of Matrix Private Equity
before moving to take on a portfolio of non-executive director
roles in 2005. She is currently a non-executive Director of The
Income and Growth VCT plc, Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT plc,
Gresham House Strategic plc, North East Finance (Hold Co) Limited,
British Smaller Companies VCT plc and WH Ireland Group plc.
The directorships of publicly quoted companies held by Ms
Sinclair in the last five years as at the date of this announcement
are listed below:
Non-Executive Director The Income and Growth VCT plc
Non-Executive Director and Chairman British Smaller Companies VCT
plc
Non-Executive Director Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT plc
Non-Executive Director and Interim Chairman Gresham House Strategic
plc
Non-Executive Director WH Ireland Group plc
Ms Sinclair does not have any interest in the ordinary shares of
the Company at the present time.
There are no further details or disclosures required under
Listing Rule 9.6.13R in respect of Ms Sinclair.
Ms S Beynsberger
For and on behalf of BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited,
Company Secretary
Date: 13 July 2021