AJ Bell plc announced the appointment of two new Non-executive Directors. Baroness Helena Morrissey DBE has been appointed as a Non-executive Director and, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval, with the intention of her being appointed to succeed Les Platts as Chair at the Company's next Annual General Meeting, which is expected to take place in January 2022. She will join the Board as Chair designate on July 1, 2021. Helena is currently Lead Non-executive Director for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, reporting to the Foreign Secretary and has recently stepped down as Non-executive Director at St James's Place plc. Previously she was Head of Personal Investing at Legal & General Investment Management and prior to that was Chief Executive at Newton Investment Management for 15 years. In 2010 Helena founded the 30% Club and has played a leading role in improving diversity on the boards of 'UK plc'. Evelyn Bourke has been appointed as Non-executive Director and will also join the Board on July 1, 2021. Evelyn is currently Non-executive Director at Marks & Spencer Group plc and Non-executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee at Bank of Ireland Group plc. She was Chief Executive of Bupa until December 2020 and previously held senior roles at a number of financial services businesses including Friends Provident, Standard Life and Chase de Vere.