Directorate Change

Change in Directorate

13 July 2016

BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc (“the Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Stephen White as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 13 July 2016.   Mr White will also serve as a member of the Company’s Audit & Management Engagement Committee.

Mr White is the Head of European and US equities at British Steel Pension Fund, responsible for the day to day management of the Fund's Europe ex-UK and US equity portfolios, and brings to the Board considerable knowledge of investment companies and investment management generally.  He was formerly a non-executive director of Global Special Opportunities Trust Plc and was formerly Head of European Equities at Foreign & Colonial Investment Management, Manager of Foreign & Colonial Eurotrust PLC and Deputy Manager of the Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust Plc. Prior to joining Foreign & Colonial in 1985, he held positions at Hill Samuel Asset Management, Phillips & Drew and Price Waterhouse.  Mr White is a qualified chartered accountant.

Mr White has held the following directorships of publicly quoted companies in the last five years:

• JP Morgan European Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

• New India Investment Trust plc 

Mr White 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 Mr White.

Sarah Beynsberger
Company Secretary

Date: 13 July 2016