Genus plc announced that Alison Henriksen has been appointed by the Board as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 13 January 2020. Alison Henriksen has over 25 years of international experience in finance, operating across Europe, Australia, Asia, the US and South Africa. She has a proven track record of driving performance in public and privately held organisations, both business to business and business to consumer facing.

Alison is currently the Chief Financial Officer of V. Group, a global leader in ship management and based in the UK. As previously announced, Janet Duane has been acting as the Company's interim Group Finance Director. Janet will revert to her role as Group Financial Controller upon Alison Henriksen's appointment and will support Alison's transition.

Janet will cease to be a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility with effect from 13 January 2020.