Kerry Group plc announced that Michael Dowling retires from the Board following Annual General Meeting held on 03 May 2018 and will be succeeded as Chairman by Philip Toomey. Toomey joined the Board in February 2012 and was appointed as Senior Independent Director to the Board. Toomey will step down from the Audit Committee and as Senior Independent Director on taking up the position as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board has agreed to appoint Christopher Rogers as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 8 May. Rogers is Senior Independent Director of Travis Perkins PLC and was an Executive Director of Whitbread Group PLC from 2005 to 2016. He served as Global Managing Director of Costa Coffee from 2012 to 2016, having previously held Group Finance Director roles in a number of companies including Whitbread PLC and Woolworth Group PLC. Rogers will replace Toomey as Chairman of the Audit Committee on appointment to the Board. The Board also agreed to appoint Ms. Joan Garahy as Senior Independent Director in succession to Toomey. Garahy joined the Board in January 2012 and is currently Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.