River and Mercantile Group PLC announced that Jonathan Dawson will be appointed Chairman of the company, and will join the board as a Director, with effect from 1 October 2017. Jonathan will join the Remuneration and Nomination Committees of the board. Peter Warry, the current Acting Chairman, will step down as acting chairman and will resume his role as Senior Independent Director of the board. As part of his long standing retirement plan, Peter intends to retire from the Board at the end of October. Jonathan currently serves as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of National Grid plc and Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. Jonathan is the Chairman of Penfida Limited. Jonathan previously served on the board of Next plc as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee.