The Board of Softcat plc announced the appointment current CFO, Graham Charlton, to become CEO of Softcat with effective from 1 August 2023. In order to support this transition, a full internal and external search process was initiated to identify a replacement CFO candidate. That process has now successfully concluded.

Katy Mecklenburgh is a senior finance professional, who has held a number of finance leadership roles across a range of industries and blue-chip firms, including Amazon, Serco plc and Procter & Gamble. Katy is currently Interim CFO at ASOS plc, the FTSE 250 e-commerce business. In this role, Katy has responsibility not only for group finance and audit matters but also commercial finance and external financial reporting.

Prior to joining ASOS plc in 2021, Katy served as Group Financial Controller at Inchcape plc: a role she held since 2017. CIMA qualified, Katy also holds a PhD in Respiratory Medicine and a BSC Hons in Pharmacology, both from Edinburgh University. Katy will join the Softcat Board by no later than mid-June 2023.

When she joins the Board, Graham Charlton will become CEO Designate, before he becomes CEO on 1 August 2023, in line with the planned and previously announced succession steps.