Reach plc announced that Anne Bulford will be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company (the 'Board') as Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 18 June 2019. Anne will also serve on the Remuneration and Nomination Committees. Anne was until recently Deputy Director-General of the BBC and prior to that Chief Operating Officer of Channel 4. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and spent 12 years with them before becoming Finance Director of BBC Production.