Origin Enterprises plc announced that Non-Executive Chairman, Rose Hynes, has informed the Board she will not seek re-election at the 2022 AGM. Rose Hynes has served as Chairman since October 2015. In line with the Board's succession planning process, Origin's Senior Independent Director, Gary Britton, has been appointed as Chair Designate to succeed Ms Hynes at the conclusion of the AGM on 22 November, 2022.

Gary Britton joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in October 2015 and was appointed as Senior Independent Director in January 2021. He is currently Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee and a member of the Nomination & Corporate Governance Committee. Gary is a former partner in KPMG where he served in a number of senior positions, including on the firm's Board, on the Remuneration and Risk Committees and as head of its Audit Practice.

Gary is currently a Non-Executive Director at Cairn Homes plc and was formerly a Non-Executive Director of The Irish Stock Exchange plc and KBC Bank Ireland plc. Gary is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and a member of the Institute of Directors in Ireland. As part of a programme of ongoing refreshment and renewal, the Origin Nomination & Corporate Governance Committee is also engaged in a process to appoint two Non-Executive Directors to the Board.

Updates to membership of Origin's Board Committees will be announced in due course.