Adept4 plc announced that, further to the announcement of 29 June 2017, Gavin Lyons will step down from his position as Executive Chairman as from 1 August 2017, with Simon Duckworth OBE DL, Non-Executive Director, assuming the role of Non-Executive Chairman. The company also announced the appointment of Jill Collighan as Executive Director, effective immediately, to assist the company with its continuing development and strategy implementation as it works to become the leading provider of 'IT as a service' to the UK SME market. Jill has over 13 years of operational experience at plc board level specialising in finance, human resources, investor relations and corporate finance. Jill is group finance director of MXC Capital Limited and was previously group finance director of 2ergo Group plc, which subsequently changed its name to MXC Capital plc. The company also announced that with effect from 1 August 2017, Tom Black, Non-Executive Director, will become Chairman of the Audit Committee. Simon Duckworth will remain a member of the Audit Committee.