Marshalls plc announces that Avis Darzins, Non-Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed a Director of the Board and as an independent Non-Executive Director of Safestore Holdings plc with effect from 1 September 2023. Avis has over 20 years of senior executive level and management consulting experience in the retail, entertainment and media sectors, specialising in customer experience, strategy and business transformation. Avis began her career in the retail sector covering domestic and international B2B and B2C sales and buying and category management before specialising in large-scale change programmes.

Before joining Sky PLC in 2009 as Business Transformation Director, Avis had spent eight years at Accenture, latterly as a Partner. Avis was a non-executive director of Moss Bros Group plc, until its sale in 2020. More recently Avis has established her own business consulting company.

Avis is a non-executive director and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees for Marshalls plc and Grafton Group plc. Avis is also a Director and the Senior Independent Trustee for Barnardo's children's charity. Committee Composition: Avis will be appointed as a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees with effect from 1 September 2023.