Severfield plc announced the appointment of Tony Osbaldiston and Kevin Whiteman to the Board as Non-executive Directors, with effect from 19 July 2014. In addition, the company announced that Toby Hayward will retire from the Board on 18 July 2014 having served as a Non-executive Director for six years, including three years as Non-executive Chairman and three years as Chairman of the audit committee. Osbaldiston was previously Finance Director of Max Factor UK, Volvo Cars UK, Raymarine plc and FirstGroup plc, where he was also Deputy Group Chief Executive and Chief Executive of FirstGroup America.

Mr. Whiteman is a chartered engineer and currently Non-executive Chairman of Kelda Group and Yorkshire Water, to which he was appointed in 2010 after eight years as Chief Executive of both companies.