Safestyle UK plc announced that in accordance with long-established senior management succession plans, Steve Birmingham will retire from the Board and the company by the end of 2018. Following a thorough external search process, the Board announced the appointment of Michael ("Mike") Gallacher as Steve's successor as Group Chief Executive Officer. Mike will join the Board as Chief Executive Officer on 1 May 2018, with Steve Birmingham remaining as an Executive Director of the company to ensure an orderly handover and to see certain ongoing projects through to conclusion.

Mike Gallacher has over 20 years' commercial and operational experience of building and managing businesses in the UK and internationally. He brings significant expertise in operational strategy, business development and performance improvement. Mike was most recently CEO of First Milk Limited.