Gateley announced that Victoria Garrad, Group HR Director, was appointed to the Gateley (Holdings) Plc Board (the "Board") on 1 May 2022, in line with succession planning outlined in the Group's Half Year Results announcement issued on 12 January 2022. Victoria replaces Peter Davies, Chief Operating Officer ("COO"), who stepped down from the Board on 30 April 2022. Peter will continue to hold the position of COO for another 12 months, in order to facilitate an orderly transfer of responsibilities to Victoria who will then be appointed COO on 1 May 2023.

Peter will remain on the Strategic Board and will continue to chair the Operations Board until 30 April 2023. Victoria joined Gateley in 1996 and has been the Group HR director, a non-plc board role, since 1 May 2017. Prior to this, she was a Partner in the legal services employment team and has been a member of the Operations Board since 2011 and the Strategic Board since 2017.