The board of Severn Trent Plc announced that John Coghlan, Independent Non-Executive Director, member of the Nominations and Treasury Committees, and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, will retire from the Board on 31 December 2023. John has served on the board for nine years and has agreed to remain on the Board for a short period to facilitate the orderly transition of his role as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee to his successor. John will be succeeded as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee by Sarah Legg who joined the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2022 and who has been a member of the Nominations, Audit and Risk, Treasury, and Corporate Sustainability Committees since her appointment.