Xaar plc announced that Alison Littley will join the board as a non-executive director with effect from 1 May 2020. As announced in September 2019, Margaret Rice-Jones will not be seeking re-election as a director at the forthcoming AGM and, following a short period of handover, will stand down from the board on 30 June. Alison will take over from Margaret as chair of the Remuneration Committee and Senior Independent Director from 1 July 2020. Alison is currently a non-executive director at Norcros plc, Headlam Group plc, and the family owned Osborne construction company consisting of Osborne Group Holdings Ltd. and Rosewood Group Holdings Ltd. Alison is also an NED at Weightmanns LLP but will be stepping down on 30 June 2020.