Hastings Group Holdings plc notified that Alison Burns, a Non-Executive Director of the company, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Equiniti Group plc, effective 1 April 2018. Alison will become a member of the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration and Risk Committees. Vicky Jarman, who joined the Equiniti Group plc in 2014, has notified the Board that she has decided to step down as an independent non-executive Director at the Equiniti Group plc's Annual General Meeting in May 2018. Darren Pope, in succession to Vicky, will become the Senior Independent Director following her retirement.