Beale PLC announced that Stuart Lyons CBE, a non-executive director and board nominee of Panther Securities PLC, has decided to step down from the Board due to other commitments with immediate effect. Stuart has been replaced by Simon Peters as a non-executive director. Simon joined Panther Securities PLC in 2004 and became a director in 2005.

Between 1999 and 2004 Simon was with KPMG. Between April 2010 and April 2013 Simon was a non-executive director at Beale PLC.