hipages Group Holdings Limited announced that Chris Knoblanche AM is stepping down as Chair as part of his planned retirement from the Board. Chris will be succeeded, effective immediately, by current Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee, Inese Kingsmill. Chris, who has chaired the Company since early 2020, will remain on the Board as a Non-Executive Director, with a search process underway for a new director.

Inese Kingsmill joined the hipages Group Board ahead of the Company's IPO in October 2020, after a distinguished corporate career spanning 25 years, where she earned a reputation as a growth-focussed and customer-orientated business leader. Inese has significant commercial experience from senior leadership roles at Microsoft, Telstra and Virgin Australia, having led large business divisions, as well as major transformation and customer experience redesign projects. Inese currently serves as a Non- Executive Director of Bigtincan Holdings Limited and NobleOak Life Limited.

hipages Group also announced that Chief Finance and Operations Officer Melissa Fahey has resigned to take up a senior leadership role at a well-known high-growth Australian company, after four years with the Company. Melissa will work through her contractual notice period and support an orderly transition over the coming months. An external search process for a successor has commenced.