Sanderson Design Group plc announces that Mike Woodcock, an experienced finance director with a track record in brand-based businesses, will join the Company early next month, becoming Chief Financial Officer and a Board director on 1 November 2021. Michael Williamson, the Company's current Chief Financial Officer, will step down from the Company on 31 October 2021 to pursue new career opportunities. Mike Woodcock qualified as an accountant at KPMG and has significant experience of international luxury and consumer brands in the quoted and private sectors. From 2001 until 2015, Mike was at Richemont Group, where his increasingly senior roles included CFO of Alfred Dunhill and CFO of Montblanc. He then moved to Belstaff as CFO until its sale in 2019. Most recently he was CFO of Paperchase under its current private equity ownership. Mike will join Sanderson Design Group on 4 October 2021 in the role of Group Financial Officer, enabling a handover period prior to his becoming Chief Financial Officer.