Northgate plc announced the appointment of John Pattullo as a non-executive director with effect from 1 January 2019. His appointment follows the retirement of Andrew Allner from the board. He is also a non-executive director (appointed 2013) and Senior Independent Director (appointed 2016) of Electrocomponents plc, and Chairman of V Group Ltd. (appointed 2017). His prior non-executive roles include being Chairman of NHS Blood & Transplant (2013-2017) and Chairman of Marken Logistics (2014-2016). He was Chief Executive Officer of Ceva Logistics Ltd. between 2007 and 2012. Prior to that he held a number of senior appointments with Exel plc, DHL & Procter & Gamble.