Genus plc announced that Iain Ferguson has been appointed by the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 July 2020, and will succeed Bob Lawson as Chairman of the Company at the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting ('AGM') in November 2020. Iain has been appointed as a member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees, and will become Chair of the Nominations Committee upon Bob Lawson's retirement. Iain brings extensive Board and governance experience relevant to Genus, as well as strong commercial, science and agribusiness expertise across a range of industries, with a particular focus on consumer goods and food. Iain is currently Chairman of Crest Nicholson Holdings plc and a Non-Executive Director of Personal Assets Trust plc, and was previously the Senior Independent Director of the animal genetics company Sygen International plc until 2006, when it was acquired by Genus. He was Chairman of Stobart Group Ltd. and Senior Independent Director of Balfour Beatty plc until 2019 and Chairman of Berendsen plc until 2017.