Wilmington plc announced that it has appointed Sophie Tomkins as Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair designate with effect from 23 April 2024. Paul Dollman, a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair, is stepping down from the Board in September 2024, after nine years as a Non-Executive Director. Sophie will join the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees and take over as Audit Committee Chair in September 2024.

Sophie has worked at a number of financial institutions including Fairfax, Collins Stewart and Cazenove. She is now a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Virgin Wines UK plc and System1 Group plc and was previously a Non-Executive Director of Hotel Chocolat Group plc, the SnowFox Group, Cloudcall Group plc and Proactis Holdings plc. Sophie is a qualified chartered accountant and member of the ICAEW.