Stagecoach Group plc announced a number of planned changes to its Board of Directors. The following changes to the Board of Directors are planned: Sir Brian Souter will step down as Chairman on 31 December 2019 and will continue on the Board as a Non-Executive Director from 1 January 2020. Ray O'Toole, Non-Executive Director, who has several decades experience in senior public transport sector roles, will be appointed independent Chairman from 1 January 2020. Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director, Will Whitehorn, will support the transition of the chairmanship from Sir Brian Souter to Ray O'Toole. As previously announced, Will Whitehorn will step down from the Board on 30 June 2020. At that point, reflecting the fact an independent Chairman is in place, the role of Deputy Chairman will be discontinued. Gregor Alexander, Non-Executive Director, will succeed Will Whitehorn from 1 July 2020 as the Senior Independent Director. Dame Ann Gloag and Sir Ewan Brown, both long-serving Non-Executive Directors, will retire from the Board on 31 December 2019.