Cochlear Limited announced that its Chairman, Rick Holliday-Smith will retire from the Board on 20 August 2021. He will be succeeded as Chair by current non-executive director Alison Deans. Mr. Holliday-Smith has been a member of Cochlear's Board since 2005 and has served as Chairman since mid-2010. Alison Deans has been a non-executive director of Cochlear since January 2015. She was formerly Chief Executive Officer of technology investment companies netus and ecorp, and of eBay Australia. A non-executive Director of Cochlear since January 2015, Ms. Deans is currently Chair of the Technology & Innovation Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk, Nomination and People & Culture Committees.