Devro PLC announced the appointment of Lesley Jackson to the Board as an independent non-executive director of the company and chair of the Audit Committee with effect from May 1, 2020. Lesley was the Group Chief Financial Officer for Stock Spirits PLC from 2011 to 2017, prior to which she held similar positions at William Grant & Sons, and at United Breweries. She is a non-executive director of Trackwise Designs PLC and at Aberforth Split Level Income Trust plc. The company also announces that Jane Lodge, non-executive director, will not seek re-election as a director of the company at the company's forthcoming Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2020, and that she will retire from the board from the end of the AGM on that date. Lesley Jackson will succeed Jane Lodge as chair of the company's Audit Committee on May 1, 2020 when she will also become a member of both the Executive Remuneration and Nomination Committees. In a further change of responsibilities, Malcolm Swift will take over from Paul Withers as chair of the company's Executive Remuneration Committee from the close of the AGM. Malcolm has served as a member of the Committee since he joined the Board as a non-executive director in April 2017.