Science in Sport plc announced the proposed appointment of Dan Wright as Non-Executive Chairman, subject to the satisfactory completion of due diligence by the Company's Nominated Adviser, Liberum Capital Limited. Dan has been the Executive Chairman of Accrol Group Holdings Plc since early 2018 and has helped deliver a significant turnaround in that business. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of UInsure Limited and Manchester & London Investment Trust plc.

He was previously the Chief Operating Officer, Head of Portfolio and a Founder Partner at NorthEdge Capital, a mid-market private equity house focused on Management Buyouts and Growth investments with c.£800m under management. He was also Executive Chairman of Vision Support Services Group Limited, a private company that he founded and grew to become Europe's leading distributor of textiles to the hospitality sector before its sale to Westpoint Inc., a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises. He has also worked at Cable Partners LLC, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Private Equity and The Royal Bank of Scotland.

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in 1996 and secured an IDP-C from INSEAD in 2017.