Kin and Carta plc announced that following a global recruitment process, it has appointed John Kerr as Non-Executive Chairman designate with effect July 22 2019. John will become Chairman at the Company's Annual General Meeting in November 2019, succeeding Richard Stillwell, who will step down as part of a planned succession process outlined in November last year. John was Global Vice Chairman of Deloitte Consulting from 2016 to 2018, after serving as Chief Executive from 2011 to 2015. He previously served in a number of senior leadership roles at Deloitte Consulting, steering the business through a period of significant revenue growth driven by a focus on helping businesses develop their digital capabilities. He led the creation of Deloitte Digital in 2012, the first dedicated digital consulting business, and grew the business organically and by strategic acquisition to $4 billion in revenue with operations in 30 countries.