NewRiver announced the appointment of Colin Rutherford as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. Colin Rutherford currently serves on the Board and is Audit Committee Chairman of Mitchells & Butlers plc, a FTSE 250 restaurant, pub and bar operator. Colin is also on the Board and Audit Committee of the quoted Oil & Gas shipping and contracts services business, Renaissance Services SAOG, and on the Board and Audit Committee of Nasdaq quoted Evofem Biosciences Inc. He is Chairman of Brookgate Limited, a property development business. Colin graduated in Accountancy and Finance and qualified as a Scottish Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross (now Deloitte) in 1984. Colin will be appointed to the Board's Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.