Lamprell announced the appointment of John Malcolm in the role of Non-Executive Chairman for the company with effect from 20 September 2017, following the planned retirement of John Kennedy from the Board. John Malcolm has been an independent Non-Executive Director since 27 May 2013 and the Board determined that John's strong industry experience and deep knowledge of the Company presented an excellent candidate for the Chairman role from existing Board members. John Kennedy will continue as Non-Executive Chairman and Director until he retires on 20 September 2017. The composition of each of the Board Committees has been amended in light of this appointment with Debra Valentine being appointed as the chair for the Remuneration & Development Committee and Mel Fitzgerald being appointed as the chair for the Nominations & Governance Committee.