AO World plc announced that Luisa Delgado has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company and a member of both the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee with effect from January 1, 2019. Brian McBride will step down from the Audit Committee on that date. Luisa is currently a non-executive director at INGKA Holding B.V. (Ikea) and previously CEO at Safilo Group and Procter & Gamble (Nordic Region) and an Executive Board member at SAP SE.