Tharisa plc announced that Ms. Julia Zhengzhi Hu will be appointed to the Board as a non-executive director with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held on 29 January 2020. She has more than 15 years' experience in business development and investment, ranging from project financing to high growth early stage ventures investing. She is the Senior Manager (Environment) of NWS Infrastructure Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NWS. Before joining the NWS group, she worked as an investment professional in the USA and Hong Kong. Ms Hu will be serving on the Risk Committee of Tharisa.