Smart Metering Systems plc (SMS, the Group) announced that Willie MacDiarmid, the current Non-Executive Chairman, will step down from the Board and as Non-Executive Chairman immediately following the Group's next Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") in June 2020, after six years in the role. Miriam Greenwood, the current Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, will succeed Willie as Chairman after the AGM. Miriam has been a Non-Executive Director of SMS since 2014. Graeme Bissett will become the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director after the AGM. SMS has also appointed Jamie Richards as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Jamie will Chair the Remuneration Committee following the AGM and will also join the Audit and Risk, the IT, the Nominations and the newly-established Health and Sustainability Committee. The latter committee will be chaired by Miriam Greenwood.