Severfield plc announced the appointment of Kevin Whiteman as Non-Executive Chairman with effect from 3 September 2020 after the retirement of the current Chairman, John Dodds. As indicated in last year's AGM Notice, John is stepping down at this year's AGM after ten years on the Board including nine years as Chairman. During that period, he acted as Executive Chairman on an interim basis on two occasions, including for a period of ten months after the Group's rights issue in 2013. Kevin has been on the Board since 2014 and is the current Senior Independent Director.