The Weir Group PLC (Weir) announced that John Heasley, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has informed the board of his decision to step down from the Board to take up a new role as Finance Director of Anglo American plc. The company expects John will leave Weir to start his new role by the end of the 2023, and the Board has commenced a process to appoint his successor. Further updates on this appointment and the exact timing of John's departure will be made in due course.

John joined Weir in 2008, holding a number of financial and general management roles, before being appointed to the Group Executive as President of its former Flow Control Division in 2014 and then to the Board of Directors as CFO in 2016. John has been a highly valued member of the Board and Group Executive, playing a significant role in the Group's portfolio transformation into a global mining technology leader and the subsequent execution of its refreshed strategy.