Jock was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman on 5 May 2021 having originally joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman Designate on 5 January 2021. Jock, a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience across a range of sectors, spent 30 years with Ernst & Young LLP (‘EY’), holding a number of leadership positions in the UK and globally, including 20 years as a partner. Since leaving EY in 2009, he has developed an active board career sitting on and leading boards that have undertaken a range of organic and corporate development and growth strategies. Jock is currently a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman of Barratt Developments PLC and was previously Chairman of Enquest PLC and Hill & Smith Holdings PLC. He has also previously served on the boards of Dixons Carphone PLC, Oxford Instruments PLC and A&J Mucklow Group PLC.