Braemar Plc announced that the board has appointed Catriona Louise Valentine (Cat) as an independent non-executive director with effect from 16 May 2023. Cat will also become a member of the Remuneration Committee and Audit & Risk Committee upon appointment. Cat is a communications professional with over 25 years' experience, advising quoted and privately-owned companies on investor and corporate communications.

She hasextensive knowledge of the small-cap growth companies' market and considerable M&A transactional experience, having advised a broad range of clients on both AIM and the Main Market. Cat started her career in 1996 with Rawlings Financial PR. She went on to lead this business, before establishing her own agency in 2008, which was acquired by Tavistock Communications in 2012.

She then spent two years with Hudson Sandler, as Board Director, before joining the strategic communications advisory business, Belvedere Communications, in 2017, where she is Director and Co-owner.