River and Mercantile Group PLC announced that John Misselbrook has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 16 February 2018. John will chair a newly formed Risk Committee of the Board, while Angela Crawford-Ingle will continue to chair the Audit Committee of the Board (previously known as the Audit and Risk Committee). John currently serves as Chairman of JPMorgan Chinese Investment Trust Plc, Chairman of Northern Trust Global Services Limited and as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Risk and Remuneration Committees of Brown Shipley & Co. Limited. John has extensive industry experience, including most recently as Chairman of Aviva Investors and as Chief Operating Officer of Baring Asset Management Limited for 11 years.