Watkin Jones Plc announced that, as part of a managed succession process, Sarah Sergeant, Chief Financial Officer, will step down from the Board in mid-June 2024. The Board announced that Simon Jones has been appointed to succeed Sarah. Simon will join Watkin Jones as Chief Financial Officer Designate and as a member of the Board on 21 May 2024 and will work closely with Sarah to ensure a smooth hand over of responsibilities following the publication of the Group's interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2024.

Simon is a highly experienced CFO with a strong track record within the property sector, and with proven commercial and operational expertise. Most recently Simon was CFO at the US majority owned Mapeley Group, where his main focus was performance improvement and growth, and latterly its successful divestment. Prior to this he held a number of senior finance roles within, amongst others, Bass PLC (now IHG Group PLC), Hilton and Whitbread PLC.

Simon qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG. Simon David Ainslie Jones is 54 years old.Current directorships and those held by Simon within the last five years are as follows: Current directorships:- Mapeley Estates Limited;Mapeley Steps Contractor Limited;Durham Student Living Limited;Osm House (Freehold) Limited. Previous directorships:- Atlas Workplace Services Limited; Cannon Capital Developments Limited; Mapeley Abi Provider Limited; Mapeley Columbus II Limited; Mapeley Columbus Properties Limited; Mapeley Investment Group Limited; Mapeley Steps Properties Limited; Ogle Road Developments Limited; Ogle Road Management Limited; Salisbury Engineering and Compliance Limited; Salisbury Esco Limited; Salisbury Holdings Limited; Salisbury Integrated Services Limited; Salisbury Security Services Limited.