Sophos Group plc announced that Vin Murria is to be appointed as a non-executive director of the company with effect from January 3, 2017. Vin will also become a member of the company's Nominations and Remuneration committees. Vin has a strong background in building technology companies in the UK and she has over 25 years' experience of working with private and publically listed technology companies principally in the software sector. She is a non-executive director at Softcat plc and Zoopla Property Group plc and is a partner at Elderstreet Investments. Until 2015, when it was sold to Vista Equity Partners, Vin spent seven years as the founder and chief executive officer at Advanced Computer Software plc.