HC Slingsby PLC announced the appointment of Andrew Kitchingman as Independent Non-Executive Chairman with effect from 12 September 2023. Dominic Slingsby will continue his role on the Board of Operations Director. Andrew is Chairman of Mpac Group plc, a non-executive Director of Andrews Sykes Group plc and Chair of the British Board of Agrément.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and formerly worked in corporate finance for a number of firms, including KPMG, Hill Samuel, Albert E Sharp, Brewin Dolphin and WH Ireland. Andrew is a trustee of the Northern Aldborough Festival charitable incorporated organisation. He was previously a trustee of the Leeds Festival Chorus charity and a non-executive director of MORhomes PLC, Lonpro Holdings PLC, Incommunities Group Limited and a director of the Cathedral Choir School Ripon Limited.