Emmerson PLC announced the appointment of Mr. Rupert Joy as a Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect. The Company also announced that Mr. Edward McDermott, a Non-Executive Director, will be stepping down from the Board, with effect from July 12, 2021. In the course of a diplomatic career of more than 25 years, Rupert Joy has served at UK diplomatic missions in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Iraq, and as British Ambassador to Uzbekistan. He has over seven years' experience as a diplomat in Morocco, as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Rabat from 2000-03 and as EU Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation in Rabat from 2013-17.