Watkin Jones plc announced the appointment of Rachel Addison as a non-executive director with effect from 1 April 2022. On joining the Board, Rachel will become a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees. Rachel was Chief Financial Officer of Future plc, the listed global platform business for specialist media, until 2021.

Prior to this, she was Chief Financial Officer of TI Media Limited and held various senior financial, operational and board-level roles at Trinity Mirror (now Reach) Regionals, Local World Limited, Northcliffe Media Limited and Boots the Chemist where she was Head of Risk Management. Rachel qualified as a chartered accountant at Arthur Anderson. Rachel is a non-executive director of Marlowe plc, the business-critical services and software provider, Hyve Group plc, an in-person and digital international B2B events business, and Mango Publishing Group, an independent book publisher.

She is chair of the Audit Committee at Marlowe plc and chair of the Remuneration Committee at Hyve Group plc. Simon Laffin has indicated his desire to retire from the Board and it is envisaged that he will step down on 1 August 2022. Upon his retirement, Rachel will take up the role of Chair of the Audit Committee.