Electrocomponents plc announced the appointment of Baroness Rona Fairhead to succeed Peter Johnson as Chairman. Rona will join the Board on 1 November 2020 as Non-Executive Director and will become Chairman on 1 February 2021 with Peter stepping down as Chairman and as a director on that date. Peter will remain as Chairman until that time. Rona will be a member of the Nomination Committee. Rona brings a tremendous range of commercial and strategic experience to the Company. She has held senior executive and non-executive roles in a career spanning over 35 years. Her executive roles include being chairman and chief executive officer, the Financial Times Group and chief financial officer, Pearson plc, executive vice president, ICI plc and senior roles at Bombardier Inc. She is currently a non-executive director of Oracle Corporation.