Merchants Trust announces Lisa Edgar and Mal Patel to join its Board as Non-Executive Directors with Karen McKellar as next Senior Independent Director

– UK, London –  Merchants Trust PLC (LON: MRCH) today announced the appointment of Lisa Edgar and Mal Patel to its Board as Non-Executive Directors effective from 1 January 2024 and 1 March 2024 respectively.

Lisa Edgar will join the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee, Management Engagement Committee, and Remuneration Committee, while will serve on the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee, Management Engagement Committee, and Remuneration Committee.

The company also announced that Mary Ann Sieghart will retire from the board on 25 January 2024 while  Sybella Stanley will retire from the board on 21 March 2024.

“The board welcomes the two new directors and would like to thank Mary Ann and Sybella for their outstanding commitment to the trust and for their contribution and advice.” said Board Chairman, Colin Clark.

Karen McKellar will replace Sybella Stanley as Senior Independent Director at Sybella’s retirement.

About Lisa Edgar

Lisa Edgar is CCO on the Executive Leadership Team at Saga PLC. She is the founder of Big Window Consulting, a consumer and B2B insight agency, currently part of the Saga Group. Lisa’s career began as a brand planner and market research analyst and she developed customer insight agencies and her own companies in this field over the past twenty years.

About Mal Patel

Mal Patel is Head of Investor Relations at Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc and has held senior roles in IR and corporate development in several large UK companies. His early career was as an equities analyst in investment banking. He is a chartered accountant.

SOURCE: https://www.merchantstrust.co.uk/

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