TheWorks.co.uk plc announced the appointment of John Goold and Mark Kirkland as Non-Independent Non-Executive Directors effective immediately. John Goold is Chief Executive Officer and Mark Kirkland is Chief Financial Officer at Kelso Group Holdings plc. John and Mark will become members of the Board but, as Non-Independent Directors, will not join any committees.

Their focus will be on all matters relating to shareholder value. John Goold qualified as a chartered accountant in London with Touche Ross in 1996 before a 25 year career in the City raising growth capital and advising small and mid cap companies. John initially started in corporate finance before moving into equity sales and corporate broking where he spent most of his career advising smaller listed companies on stock market issues.

During his career, John has helped raise over £5.0 billion for his clients much of which was while he was Chief Executive of Zeus from 2012 to 2021. He is currently a non-executive director of Oncimmune Holdings plc and Boohoo Group plc. Mark Kirkland qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse Coopers in London and has gained extensive corporate experience gained over 30 years having held numerous senior roles in public and private companies.

Mark's initial career was in corporate finance predominantly with UBS. Mark has been CFO of numerous public and private companies and latterly was CEO of Delin Property. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at Strix Group plc and AEW UK REIT plc and previously an adviser to DP World.