CareTech Holdings PLC announce the appointment of Adrian Stone to the Board of CareTech. Adrian will serve as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, effective from 1 January 2022. Adrian will replace Karl Monaghan, who will resign from the board with effect from CareTech's AGM in March 2022. Adrian is an experienced financial professional having worked at KPMG since 1984. He was made an audit partner at KPMG in 1997 before becoming UK Head of Audit in 2015 and a member of the UK executive committee responsible for executive management of the UK firm. He was also a member of the Global Audit Leadership Group until 2017. Previously Adrian held several other senior roles in KPMG's audit practice including head of audit for the north of England and Scotland, chief operating officer for the UK audit practice, head of internal audit and head of KPMG's department of professional practice. Adrian is currently Chairman of Sheffield Hospitals Charity and Non-executive board member of Sheffield Mutual Friendly Society.