Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc announced that Duncan Tatton-Brown will be joining the Group as Non-Executive Chair with effect from 1 August 2022. Duncan will succeed Peter Allen, who will retire from the Board on 31 July 2022. Duncan brings extensive, relevant experience as an executive and Non-Executive Director of FTSE companies, growth and founder-led technology businesses, and, in particular, where UK-born businesses have grown to have a strong international commercial presence.

He has had a distinguished career across a wide range of innovative businesses in the technology, retail and media sectors, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of Ocado Group plc from 2012 to 2020, during which time the business expanded from being a pure-play online grocer to a leading UK technology business serving clients around the world, with revenue growing 3.5 timesand technology headcount growing 10-fold. He remains a Senior Advisor to Ocado and currently also serves on the Boards of Cazoo and Trainline. Duncan holds a master's degree in Engineering from King's College, Cambridge.