Trifast announced the Board appointment of Laura Whyte as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee effective from 11 March 2024. Laura, having worked in a number of organizations within the listed, private and charitable sectors, is an experienced operational and non-executive director with a strong focus on brand, customer and workforce engagement and ESG. Prior to building her NED portfolio Laura spent her executive career within the John Lewis Partnership and held various senior management roles including being a member of the John Lewis Management Board; in her last six years at the Partnership, she was HR Director and held the brief for Internal Communications.

Laura's other listed non-executive appointments include the UK property REIT, Capital and Regional plc and Macfarlane Group plc, leading designers and manufacturers of protective packaging through its distribution channels in the UK, Ireland and Europe. She is also a Trustee and at The Royal Naval College, Greenwich. As previously announced on 12 October 2023, Claire Balmforth informed the Board of her intention to step down and retire from the Company once a suitable candidate has been appointed.

Following Laura's appointment, it has been agreed that after a short transition period Claire will retire at the end of the current financial year ending 31 March 2024. Current directorships: 2022: Non-Executive Director, Macfarlane Group plc (Chair of the Remuneration Committee; member of the Audit and Nominations Committees; designated NED Workforce Engagement), 2015: Non-Executive Director, Capital and Regional plc (Chair of the Remuneration Committee; and member of the Audit and Nominations Committees; designated NED Workforce Engagement). Previous Directorships and advisory roles: 2018-2022: Non-Executive Director, Chair of XL Vets UK Ltd, 2014-2023: Non-executive director, British Horseracing Authority, 2014-2021: Non-Executive Director, The Ministry of Defence, 2013-2017: Trustee The Ebony Horse Club, 2013-2016: Non-Executive Director, The British Equestrian Federation, 2011-2018: Executive Trustee, Women in Retail, 2007 - 2014: Founding Chair & Trustee, John Lewis Foundation.