Naked Wines plc announced that Deirdre Runnette and Melanie Allen will join the Board with immediate effect as Independent Non-Executive Directors. Deirdre Runnette pursued a successful career as a corporate lawyer before joining zulily, a fast-growing ecommerce company, in 2012 as its General Counsel, also taking on leadership roles covering compliance, tax and HR. In 2019, Deirdre joined Flexe Inc., a late-stage venture capital-backed tech company, as General Counsel and Chief People Officer.

Deirdre will bring to Naked balanced experience scaling a business, as well as valuable insight into the US legal and compliance landscape. Melanie Allen is an experienced marketing leader who spent 13 years at Proctor & Gamble before moving to Starbucks, where she undertook multiple marketing leadership roles. For the last 5 years Melanie has been Chief Marketing Officer at Brooks Running, where she has helped the business reposition to a consumer-centric business model.

Melanie will bring skills in brand marketing, as well as marketing and scaling a DTC business in the US market. Alongside these changes, Katrina Cliffe has informed the Board of her intention to step down from the Board on 31 July 2022. David Stead has also indicated that he intends to step down from the board, at a date to be determined.

David will continue in his role for an interim period whilst the search for a new Chair of the Audit Committee progresses. Upon joining the Board Deirdre and Melanie will each become members of the Nomination, Remuneration and Audit Committees. Deirdre will become Chair of the Remuneration Committee when Katrina steps down from the Board on 31 July 2022.