Braemar Shipping Services Plc announced that Lesley Watkins, Audit Committee Chair, will resign from the board with effect from 31 March 2022 in order to be able to take on another non-executive role. Braemar announced that Joanne Lake will succeed Lesley. Joanne will be appointed to the board as a non-executive director with effect from 1 March 2022 and will become Audit Committee Chair with effect from 1 April 2022.

Joanne will also join the Remuneration and Nomination Committees from 1 March 2022. Elizabeth Gooch will succeed Lesley in the role of senior independent director from 1 April 2022.