Serko Limited announced that Simon Botherway will be taking a temporary leave of absence from the Serko board, but will remain a director on the board, to enable treatment for a recently diagnosed non-life threatening medical condition. He is similarly taking leave from his other governance roles. Mr. Botherway expects to return to full duties on the Serko board and his other boards later in the year. He will continue to be available on a regular basis to provide advice to other board members and the executive team. Existing Serko director, Claudia Batten, will assume the role of acting Chairperson effective 12 March 2020 until Mr. Botherway returns. Ms Batten is an experienced non-executive director who has been on the Board since Serko's initial public offering (IPO) and has successfully led Serko's board strategy process over the past few months.