Intertek Group Plc announced that Andrew Martin, Chairman, will be appointed as Chair of the Board of SSP Group Plc with effect from June 1, 2026. Following his appointment, Andrew will also assume the role of Chair of the Nomination Committee. Andrew succeeds Carolyn Bradley, who has served as Interim Chair since the AGM on 23 January 2026.
Carolyn will remain on the Board as Senior Independent Director. Andrew has extensive experience across the global consumer, travel, hospitality and support services sectors. He is currently Chair of Intertek Group plc, a FTSE 100 company, and is stepping down at the end of May 2026 after more than five years in his current role and ten years in total as a Non-Executive Director.
He was previously Chair of Hays plc, and has also served as a Non-Executive Director of easyJet plc and John Lewis Partnership plc, where he chaired the Audit and Risk Committee. Andrew held Board-level executive roles at Compass Group plc from 2004 to 2015, including Group Chief Operating Officer for Europe and Japan, and Group Finance Director. Prior to that, he was Group Finance Director of First Choice Holidays plc (now part of the TUI Group).
Andrew is a Chartered Accountant.
