Northbridge Industrial Services plc announced the retirement of Eric Hook, CEO and founder of Northbridge, who will step down from the Board on 31 March 2021. He will continue as a strategic advisor to the Board and his expertise will be called upon as required. He plans to remain a significant shareholder in the Company. Following Eric's retirement, Peter Harris, Chairman, will become Executive Chairman and the executive directors of both the Northbridge divisions will report directly into him, (Chris Caldwell for Crestchic, and Ian Gardner for Tasman), as will Iwan Phillips, Finance Director. It is intended that, subject to completing the requisite regulatory checks, Chris Caldwell, Managing Director of the Crestchic division, will be promoted to the Board from the same date. A further announcement will be made in due course. Chris has managed the Crestchic business since 2013 carefully overseeing its considerable growth during that time, and he has been attending Board meetings for the last three years. Stephen Yapp, non-executive director, who joined the board in July 2020, becomes Senior Independent Director immediately, a newly created role to provide a counterbalance to the role of Executive Chairman. Also stepping down from the Board is Ash Mehta, non-executive director and Chair of the Audit Committee. He will leave the Board following completion of the 2020 audit once the Annual Report is approved at the Annual General Meeting in May. Ash has been a director of the Company for fourteen years, in several capacities, and the Board is immensely grateful for his contribution to the success of the Group. Judith Aldersey-Williams, who joined the Board and the Audit Committee in January 2019 and already has responsibility for Corporate Social Responsibility and Risk Governance, will take up the role of Chair of the Audit Committee.