Synety Group plc announced the appointment of Sophie Tomkins as a non-Executive Director of the Group with immediate effect. Sophie Tomkins is an experienced corporate adviser with approximately 20 years' experience in equity research and sales gained with Cazenove & Co, Collins Stewart Ltd. and latterly Fairfax I.S. PLC, where she was Head of Equities from 2009 to 2012. She has advised an extensive range of public companies on investor relations and strategy.

Prior to her career in investment banking she qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Arthur Andersen. After a period for handover, Sophie will chair the Group's audit committee and sit on the Group's remuneration committee.  Further, David Whelan, non-Executive Director of the Group, has stated his intention to stand down as a non-Executive Director later in the year.