Kooth plc announced the appointment of Sherry Beth Husa to the Board as an independent non-executive Director with immediate effect. Sherry Beth Husa has more than 35 years' experience in building and improving the performance of managed care organizations in the USA. Sherry has extensive experience of leading and improving the operations, growth and profitability of significant U.S. health insurance programmes.

At Centene, Sherry recently held the role of President and CEO of Meridian Health Plan of Illinois. Sherry also held the roles of President and CEO of the Wisconsin and Nebraska health plans at Centene. In addition, she has held executive positions at other leading firms including Cigna Healthcare and Humana.

Sherry has repeatedly demonstrated throughout her career a strong ability to improve performance and work with U.S. Federal and State programmes, including Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), both of which will be invaluable to Kooth as it looks to further expand its operations in the US. Sherry Beth Husa, aged 59, holds no ordinary shares or options in the Company. Sherry's current and previous directorships are as follows: Current Directorships: Discovery World, Versiti Inc., Versiti Michigan Inc., Versiti Indiana Inc., Versiti Wisconsin Inc., Leyden Family Service.

Previous Directorships (last 5 years): St Ann's Center for Intergenerational Care, Competitive Wisconsin, Alliance of Health Insurers, Meridian Health Plan of Illinois Inc., Harmony Health Plan Inc., Managed Health Services Insurance Corp., IlliniCare Health Plan Inc., Centene Venture Company Illinois, WellCare Health Insurance Company of Wisconsin Inc., WellCare Health Plans of Wisconsin Inc., WellCare of Illinois Inc.