National World plc announced that Sheree Manning has been appointed as an Executive Director of the Company's Board and will attend its Audit Committee. In addition, Mark Hollinshead, an Executive Director on the Board, who has served as Chief Commercial Officer since 1 January 2021, now assumes the role of Chief Operating Officer. Both appointments commence with immediate effect.

Sheree has over two decades of financial management and business leadership experience. She joined Johnston Press plc in 2013 as Group Financial Controller having previously worked in London for, amongst others, RBS Group, IMG Media and Sainsbury's plc. After reading a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of South Australia, she qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Australia with Ernst & Young in 2003.