Ricardo plc, announced the appointment of Judith Cottrell as Chief Financial Officer with effect from the end of September 2023. Judith will join the Company and the Board on the 1st July. Ian Gibson will step down as Chief Financial Officer and from the Board, and this will take effect at the end of September 2023.

Ian will remain with the Company to allow for a smooth transition of responsibilities following a thorough handover process and will continue until a date to be determined. Judith, a former KPMG accountant, has more than 20 years' experience working in senior financial and operational roles. She was previously the Group Finance Director for RPS, and, prior to that, she held various senior roles within the company, including Chief Executive of RPS's UK & Ireland consulting business and Group Strategy Director.

Before RPS, Judith worked at Ricardo as a Finance Director within the Automotive and Industrial business unit, having originally joined AEA Technology, which Ricardo acquired in 2012.