Judges Scientific plc announces that after 18 years as a member of the Board of Judges Scientific, including 8 years as Non-Executive Director, Ralph Cohen will step down from the Board on 31 December 2023. The Company announced the appointment of Susan Nyman to the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect. Sue is an experienced business leader, and National Director in the Advisory practice at Grant Thornton UK LLP, a professional services firm, specialising in areas from client engagement and quality and risk matters to ethics and thought leadership.

For over 18 years, Sue was Head of Grant Thornton's Advisory Quality and Risk Management team, a team which she created and successfully built from one person to over twenty. Previously she spent many years as a corporate financier advising public companies. Sue's work saw her become a member of various external committees in relation to public company reporting and corporate finance technical issues.

She is also the compliance officer for the Public Company Advisory team at Grant Thornton. Sue has significant experience of being a member of Trust boards, with particular emphasis on finance and governance. Sue is FCA qualified and holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics and Economic History from University College London.

Sue will replace Ralph Cohen on the Audit Committee from 1 January 2024.