Air Partner plc announced that Mr. Ed Warner OBE has been appointed as Non-Executive Chair of the Company with effect from 1 April 2019. Ed will also chair the Nomination Committee and join the Remuneration Committee. Ed has extensive PLC experience and has chaired the boards at a range of prominent organisations. He is currently Chair of Grant Thornton UK LLP, Blackrock Commodities Income Investment Trust PLC and derivatives exchange LMAX Ltd, as well as a Director of a suite of Dublin-listed investment funds managed by DCI. In addition, he is Chair of the Palace for Life Foundation and World Para Athletics. Ed was also Chair of Standard Life Private Equity Trust PLC from 2013 to the end of 2018 and of Panmure Gordon & Co between 2010 and 2016, as well as a Non-Executive Director of SafeCharge International Group from 2014 to 2016. Ed knows the broking sector well and was a Non-Executive Director of Clarkson PLC, the world's leading provider of integrated shipping services, for over 10 years until February 2019. He served as Acting Chair for the last 11 months of this appointment. He also has a wealth of Financial Services broking experience from years spent in senior positions at several investment banks and financial institutions, including Old Mutual Financial Services, Bankers Trust, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and, most recently, IFX Group, where he was CEO until 2006. Air Partner has a long-term strategy to build a more complete portfolio of aviation services, to which end it has made a number of acquisitions in the last few years. Ed has significant mergers and acquisitions experience, including the integration of numerous small accretive acquisitions, which will help support this objective. Richard Jackson, who was appointed Chairman on an interim basis on 7 September 2018, will revert to his previous role as Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director.