Smith & Nephew plc announced that John Rogers will succeed Anne-Françoise Nesmes as Chief Financial Officer. He will join the company as Chief Financial Officer-designate on 1 December 2023 and, following a period of induction, will join the Board as Chief Financial Officer in the first quarter of 2024. Anne-Françoise's intention to step down as Chief Financial Officer was announced on 3 August 2023, and she has agreed to remain on the Board to finalise the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts and support an effective transition.

John has extensive financial and commercial leadership experience across a range of sectors and on a global basis, as well as a track record of delivering complex international transformation programmes. He has served as the Chief Financial Officer of two FTSE-100 companies. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer at WPP plc where he successfully led the implementation of their global transformation programme.

Prior to WPP, John was Chief Financial Officer at J Sainsbury plc and also served as Chief Executive Officer ofArgos, Habitat and Sainsbury's clothing and general merchandise businesses, where he led a major digitisation programme, driving increased market share and double-digit profit growth.