Nakama Group plc announced that John Higham, Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman has informed the Board that he intends to retire and proposes to step down from the Board with immediate effect. John was chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. The company intends to appoint a new non-executive director and further announcements will be made in due course. Appointment of part-time Finance Director and secondment agreement: Following the detailed review of the Group's finance function, which the Board undertook with the assistance of the Company's largest shareholder, Sheffield Haworth Limited, the company has agreed to appoint Patrick Meehan, ACCA, as interim finance director on a part-time basis. The appointment is a non-Board position. Patrick Meehan is the Finance Director of Sheffield Haworth and his services will be supplied to Nakama by Sheffield Haworth pursuant to a secondment agreement. In accordance with the terms of the secondment agreement, Patrick Meehan's secondment will commence on June 4, 2018, at a rate of £750 per day and will be terminable by either party on four weeks' prior written notice or in accordance with certain other standard conditions.