The North American Income Trust plc

James Ferguson, appointed on 12 March 2002, is a former chairman and director of Stewart Ivory and a former deputy chairman of the AIC. He is the chairman of Monks Investment Trust, The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Investment Trust, Value and Income Trust and Northern 3 VCT and a director of The Independent Investment Trust.

Karyn Lamont, appointed on 18 September 2018, is a chartered accountant and worked for over 25 years at PwC, including 13 years as an Audit Partner, specialising in the financial services sector across the UK. She has provided audit and other services to a range of clients including a number of investment trusts, a broad range of management companies and outsourced service providers. Her specialist knowledge includes financial reporting, audit and controls, risk management, regulatory compliance and governance. She is the Audit Committee Chairman of The Scottish Investment Trust plc and a non executive director at the Scottish Building Society.

Susan Rice, appointed on 17 March 2015, is a chartered banker and is currently the President of the Scottish Council of Development and Industry, the Chair of Scotland's new Fiscal Commission, Vice-Chair of Scotland’s 2020 Climate Change Group and a non-executive director of J Sainsbury and Big Society Capital. Her previous roles include managing director of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland, chairman and chief executive of Lloyds TSB Scotland, a director of the Bank of England and a non-executive director of SSE plc and a member of the recent First Minister's Council of Economic Advisers. Originally from the United States, her early career was at Yale and Colgate universities and then at NatWest Bancorp. She was the first woman to head a UK clearing bank in 2000. Susan also chairs the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Edinburgh's Festivals Forum, and works extensively with Scotland's National Galleries to ensure a vibrant cultural base in the country.

Susannah Nicklin, appointed on 18 September 2018, is a financial services professional with over 20 years of experience in executive roles at Goldman Sachs and Alliance Bernstein in the US, Australia and the UK. She has also worked in the social impact private equity sector with Bridges Ventures, the Global Impact Investing Network and Impact Ventures UK. She is the Senior Independent Director of Pantheon International plc and a non-executive director of Amati AIM VCT plc, City of London Investment Group plc and Baronsmead Venture Trust plc. She is a CFA® charterholder.

Charles Park, appointed on 13 June 2017, has over 25 years of investment management experience. He is a co-founder of Findlay Park Investment Management, a US boutique asset management house which was established in 1997. Prior to his retirement from the firm in 2016, he was deputy chief investment officer with joint responsibility for managing Findlay Park American Fund.

Prior to co-founding Findlay Park, Charles was an investment manager at Hill Samuel Asset Management and an analyst at Framlington Investment Management.