The Board of PCF Group plc announced the appointment of Simon Moore and Mark Sismey-Durrant as non-executive directors to the Board with effect from January 9, 2022. Subject to regulatory approvals, Simon Moore will take up the role of the Chair of the Board and Board Nominations Committee and Mark Sismey-Durrant will take up the role of Senior Independent Director and Interim -Chair of the Board Risk Committee. Simon Moore has extensive regulatory and financial services experience in consumer, SME, and corporate banking together with regulatory and general financial services experience from his roles in Cambridge & Counties Bank, Barclays Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank.

In addition, he was a member of the management board of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). He is currently the Chair of Cambridge & Counties Bank and RCI Bank UK. Mark Sismey-Durrant has over 40 years' experience in banking with a particular focus on specialist challenger banking, having been CEO of three such banks over a period spanning 23 years - Sun Bank Plc, Heritable Bank Plc and, most recently, Hampshire Trust Bank.

He is currently also Chair of fintech Cashplus Bank.