Ashtead Group plc ("Ashtead") announced the appointment of Angus Cockburn as a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee as of 9 October 2018. Angus has been Group Chief Financial Officer of Serco Group plc since October 2014. Prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Executive at Aggreko plc. Angus was also previously Senior Independent Director of GKN plc.