Ricardo plc announced that following the announcement of her appointment on 3 April 2023, Judith Cottrell has joined the Company and the Board with effect from 1 July 2023. Judith will become the Company's Chief Financial Officer from the end of September 2023. Judith, a former KPMG accountant, has more than 20 years' experience working in senior financial and operational roles.

She was previously the Group Finance Director for RPS Group plc ("RPS"), and, prior to that, she held various senior roles within RPS, including Chief Executive of RPS's UK & Ireland consulting business and Group Strategy Director. Before RPS, Judith worked at Ricardo as a Finance Director within its Automotive and Industrial business unit, having originally joined AEA Technology, which Ricardo acquired in 2012.