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N Brown Group, owners of brands including JD Williams<\/a>, Jacamo<\/a> and Simply Be<\/a>, has announced that Matt Davies will step down as Chairman<\/strong>, effective 31 March 2021.<\/p>\n

Davies will be stepping down to spend more time on his other business activities<\/strong>. Over the past three years in the role he has guided the business through a successful refinancing and transfer to AIM.<\/p>\n

Ron McMillan will relinquish his roles as Senior Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair of N Brown and will succeed Davies as Chairman.<\/p>\n

McMillan is currently Audit Committee Chair and Senior Independent Director of B&M European Value Retail and SCS Group, and Audit Committee Chair of Homeserve.<\/p>\n

Gill Barr will succeed Ron as the Senior Independent Director.<\/p>\n

On an interim basis, Vicky Mitchell will assume the Audit Committee Chair role. She currently chairs the Financial Services Board and has been a member of the Audit Committee since January 2020.<\/p>\n

A recruitment process is underway for an additional independent Non-Executive Director<\/strong> who will become the permanent Audit Committee Chair.<\/p>\n

Following these changes, and prior to the appointment of an additional independent Non-Executive Director, the Board will comprise of the Chair, the Group CEO and CFO and seven non-executive Directors, five of whom are considered to be independent.<\/p>\n

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