Sureserve announced that Nick Winks will join the Board as independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Group with immediate effect. Robert Legget will resume his role as Senior Independent Director of the Group. Nick's early career saw him hold a variety of senior management roles including as MD or CEO of a number of businesses, both private and public. Since then, he has been focused on leading business change projects and has worked with many businesses to drive improvements in operating performance, cash generation and debt structures. Nick is currently Chairman of Virtua Group, a Non-Executive Director at Rainham Industrial Services and Executive Chairman and CEO at John Charcol Group. He has held previous key management or board roles, increasing value at a range of public and private companies including Claimar Care plc, Eleco plc, PCFG plc, Connect Group plc, Escher Group plc and Inspecs Holdings plc. Nick is a Fellow and past Director of the Institute for Turnaround. Nick will be a member of the Group's audit, nomination and remuneration committees. The Group continues the formal process to appoint a new Chief Executive and will provide an update in due course.