Universe Group plc announced the appointment of Graham Bird as a Non-Executive Director. Graham Bird is a chartered accountant, having qualified with Deloitte, and has over twenty years' experience in corporate finance and public markets. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Escape Hunt plc. From 2015 to 2019, he served as a Managing Director at Gresham House plc, where, in addition to supporting the growth of Gresham House plc, he was responsible for establishing and managing the successful strategic equity business unit which focuses on both quoted and unquoted equity investments using the principles and practices of private equity. He is a member of the investment committee for Gresham House Strategic Public Equity funds, acting in an advisory capacity. Graham is currently non-executive director of Spaceandpeople plc and held the same position at Journey Group plc until late 2016. He has held senior positions at SVG Investment Managers and Paypoint plc, having previously been a director in the corporate finance department of JP Morgan Cazenove. He will join the board on June 1, 2021 and will chair the audit committee.