The board of directors of Close Brothers Group plc announced the appointment of Tracey Graham as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect. Tracey has been appointed as a member of the board's Remuneration and Risk Committees, and, consistent with the Company's other independent non-executive directors, she has also become a director of the Company's Banking subsidiary, Close Brothers Limited. Tracey is an experienced non-executive director, having served on a number of listed company and mutual boards across a range of sectors, including financial services.

She has extensive experience as a remuneration committee chair and also serves as a senior independent director. Tracey is currently a non-executive director of Ibstock plc, DiscoverIE Group plc and LINK Scheme Limited. Tracey has been a non-executive director of Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited ("Royal London") since March 2013 but will step down from that role, as previously announced by Royal London.