Meggitt PLC announced that David Williams, who has been a non-executive director since 2006 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee and Senior Independent Director, will retire from the Board on December 31, 2015, Paul Heiden, who joined the Board as an independent non-executive director in 2010, will succeed David Williams as the Senior Independent Director with effect from January 1, 2016 and Colin Day has been appointed as an independent non-executive director and will assume the role of Chairman of the Audit Committee with immediate effect. Colin is Chief Executive Officer of Essentra plc, a position he has held since 1 April 2011. Prior to this, he was Chief Financial Officer of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc from 2000 to 2011.

Between 1995 and 2000, he served as Group Finance Director of Aegis Group plc and previously held a number of senior financial positions at other companies.