Company Announcements

To:                          RNS

From:                    BMO Private Equity Trust PLC

Date:                     4 June 2020

Directorate Change

As part of the Company's plan to ensure an orderly succession as Directors retire, a search company was commissioned to find new directors for the Board.  Following a thorough selection process, the Company is pleased to announce that Audrey Baxter and Tom Burnet have been appointed to the Board with effect from 4 June 2020.

Audrey Baxter has a distinguished career in business and public life.  Audrey is currently Chairman and CEO of W. A. Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Ltd and has served previously on the boards of a number of public and private companies, charities and voluntary organisations.

Tom Burnet has held a number of senior roles in industry.  Tom is currently Chair of ITG, a significant provider of outsourced marketing technology and services to many of the UK's and Europe's leading retailers and household names. He is also Chair of Kainos Group plc, the FTSE 250, Belfast headquartered, software company and the Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc.

We look forward to working with Audrey and Tom and to the valuable insights that they will bring to the Board's deliberations.

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