SSP Group plc announced the following Board changes: Carolyn Bradley will be appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 October 2018. Carolyn Bradley is senior independent director of Marston's PLC, and a non-executive director of Legal and General Group plc. She previously spent over 25 years at Tesco, holding a number of roles including Chief Operations Officer for Tesco.com, Commercial Director for Tesco Stores and Tesco UK Marketing Director, before being appointed Group Brand Director in 2012. John Barton, the Senior Independent Director, has also notified the company of his intention to not to stand for re-election at the Annual General Meeting in February 2019. Carolyn will succeed John as Senior Independent Director and chair of the Remuneration Committee. Carolyn will also serve as a member of the Board's Audit and Nomination Committees. Vagn Sørensen will succeed John as chair of the Nomination Committee.