Xaar plc announced the appointment of Stuart Widdowson to the Board as a Non-Executive Director effective from 27 February 2024. Mr. Widdowson is appointed as a representative of Odyssean Capital LLP ("Odyssean"), pursuant to a relationship agreement between the Company and Odyssean. Mr. Widdowson is the Managing Partner of Odyssean Capital, which he founded in 2017.

From 2009 until 2017, he was lead fund manager of Strategic Equity Capital plc, which experienced a turnaround in its performance and rating during his tenure. He began his career as a strategy consultant undertaking commercial due diligence and strategy projects for private equity and corporate clients, before working for HgCapital, a leading private equity investor.