Drax Group plc announced the appointment of Rob Shuter as a non-executive director and Audit Committee Chair, effective from June 11, 2024. Rob brings a wealth of complex financial, regulatory and strategic experience gained from over 30 years in the telecommunications and financial services sectors. Rob served on the BT Group plc executive committee as the divisional CEO of BT Enterprise between 2021 and January 2023, prior to which he served for 3 years as Group President and CEO of MTN Group Ltd. Rob also held a number of senior executive positions within the Vodafone Group between 2009 and 2016 including most recently as Chief Executive Officer, European Cluster in addition to serving between 2009 and 2011 as Chief Financial Officer of Vodacom Group Ltd. Rob worked in the financial services sector between 1992 and 2009 which included executive positions in retail banking at Nedbank Group Ltd. and investment banking at Standard Bank Group Ltd. More recently he served as Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for The GSM Association.

Rob Shuter is a dual national of Britain and South Africa and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) whilst working at Deloitte & Touche LLP. As previously announced, Vanessa Simms a non-executive director and the Chair of the Audit Committee will be standing down from Drax on June 18, 2024 after six years on the Board. Mr. Shuter was also formerly an executive director at: MTN Group Ltd, between March 2017 and September 2020; MTN Nigeria communications plc between March 2017 and September 2020.