Animalcare Group plc announced the appointment of Sylvia Metayer as an Independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Sylvia has built a highly successful career in customer-focused commercial leadership roles, most recently at Sodexo SA, where she has served as Chief Growth Officer and a member of the Executive Committee. Sylvia first joined Sodexo in 2006 as Group Financial Controller.

She was later appointed CFO for On-Site Services operations in Europe, and President International Large Accounts, before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo's Corporate Services Worldwide Segment. Her decision to retire from Sodexo as of 31 May 2022 was announced in February of this year. Sylvia is an Independent Non-Executive Director for PageGroup plc, a member of the supervisory board of Keolis SAS and was recently appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of Groupe ADP (Aéroports de Paris SA).

Nick Downshire, who joined the Board of the Company when it was acquired by Ritchey plc, for whom he had acted as a director since 1998, has decided not to seek re-election to the Board at the Company's forthcoming Annual General Meeting. It is intended that Sylvia will replace him as chair of the Audit and Risk Committee after the Company's 2022 Annual General Meeting.