Bilby Plc announced the appointment of Leigh Copolo, currently group operations director, to the role of group chief operating officer on the Bilby Plc board with immediate effect. Leigh has been group operations officer of Bilby since the group was formed in 2015, and previously worked at the group's founding company, P&R, from 2007, where he was appointed as a director in 2009. The company and Katherine O'Reilly have mutually agreed that she will leave her employment as group finance director with the company with effect from 31 December 2016.

Katherine resigned as a director on 15 December 2016. The interim finance director will be David Ellingham pending a permanent appointment being made.