M&C Saatchi plc announced the appointment of Dame Heather Rabbatts as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director to the Board of the Company with immediate effect. Heather has held a number of executive and non-executive roles including in local government, infrastructure, media and sports. She currently holds a broad range of Non-Executive Directorship roles across companies and organizations including Associate British Foods plc, Times Up UK, and Soho Theatre.

She has previously been a Non-Executive Director of Kier Group plc and Grosvenor Britain & Ireland and was the first woman on the Board of the Football Association in over 150 years.