Beacon Rise Holdings PLC announced that as announced in the result of AGM issued on 20 September 2023, Fansheng Guo, Independent Non-executive Director of the Company, did not seek re-election as a Director at the Company's 2023 Annual General Meeting on 19 September 2023. Accordingly he ceased to be a Director of the Company at the end of the Annual General Meeting on 19 September 2023. John Parker will succeed Fansheng Guo as Independent Non-executive Director with effect from 19 September 2023.

John Parker has significant financial and international capital markets experience, having previously led institutional equity distribution platforms and/or broker dealers in New York and London for global investment banks Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers in addition to European banks including Santander, ING and WestLB. He was also a partner at STJ Advisors, a leading capital markets advisory firm and a senior consultant at Rivel, the leading investor perception research firm globally.