Bytes Technology Group plc announced that Ross Paterson has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Company, with effect from 1 June 2024. Ross is a qualified Chartered Accountant and brings extensive listed company Board experience as a Chief Financial Officer and Non-Executive Director. Ross spent more than 23 years at Stagecoach Group Limited (formerly Stagecoach Group plc and listed until 2022) in senior executive finance positions, including 10 years as Chief Financial Officer.

Ross is currently a Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, and member of the Remuneration, Sustainability and Nomination Committees at FTSE100 The Unite Group plc, as well as being a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair Designate at AIM-listed technology business, Tracsis plc. On appointment, Ross will also join BTG's Nomination and Remuneration Committees, at which date Erika Schraner will step down as Interim Chair of the Audit Committee, but will remain as a member of the committee. The Company also announces the appointment of Anna Vikström Persson as an Independent Non-Executive Director, with effect from 1 June 2024.

Anna will join the BTG Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees on appointment. Anna was previously Chief Human Resources Officer for Pearson plc and Executive Vice President, Head of Human Resources at Sandvik AB and SSAB AB. She also held senior Human Resources roles at Ericsson Group and was an Independent Non-Executive Director at Knowit AB.

She holds a Masters in Law as well as professional HR qualifications from both London Business School and Michigan Business School. Anna currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Videndum plc. Anna will bring significant experience to the Board to strengthen its strategic oversight of diversity, equity and inclusion ("DEI").

Together with other members of the new ESG Committee set out below, Anna will support the executive team, who are committed to working on these important areas for a high-performance culture as BTG continues to grow. The Company also announces that the Board is establishing an ESG Committee, with effect from 1 June 2024. The members of the Committee, all Independent Non-Executive Directors, will be Anna Vikström Persson (Chair of the Committee), Patrick De Smedt, Erika Schraner, Ross Paterson and Shruthi Chindalur.

The Committee has been constituted to monitor the execution of BTG's ESG and sustainability strategy and to provide input to the Board and other Board committees on these matters. The establishment of an ESG Committee is a natural evolution of the Company's governance arrangements, with its mandate encompassing i) the ongoing focus on the Company's climate transition strategy, including its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions ii) addressing matters concerning employees, including DEI at all levels within BTG, as well as considerations related to customers, partners and communities, and iii) overseeing the Company's business conduct, including corporate and commercial governance, business ethics, anti-bribery and corruption measures, and data privacy and security.