THG has announced the appointment of Sue Farr as senior independent director with immediate effect.
She has spent 16 years in various non-executive director roles, following a career in media, advertising and marketing.
Her current non-executive directorships include senior independent director at British American Tobacco plc, interim senior independent director and chair of the remuneration committee at Lookers plc, non-exec and chair of the remuneration committee at Helical plc and non-exec at Accsys Technologies plc (where she also formerly served as chair of the remuneration committee).
Farr plans to step down from her role at Accsys at the forthcoming AGM having served for nine years.
During the past five years she has also held non-executive directorships at Dairy Crest plc and Millennium and Copthorne Hotels plc.
Prior to Farr, Dean Moore undertook the role of senior independent director on an interim basis.
Moore will continue to remain interim chair of the audit committee
Farr said: “I am pleased to be joining THG at such an exciting time for the group as it continues to grow and to scale globally. THG is a business I have long admired and I look forward to working with Charles and the rest of the board on this next stage in the group’s journey.”
Charles Allen, Lord Allen of Kensington CBE, independent chair, said: “I am delighted that we have been able to attract someone of the calibre of Sue Farr, who has had an impressive executive career across a number of consumer, media and marketing businesses, and has since gone on to demonstrate her skills as an experienced Senior independent director and committee chair.
“Building on the progress made over the last 12 months, this appointment is consistent with the board’s stated intention to continue to improve corporate governance and enhance its composition by improving independence and diversity. The board and I look forward to working with Sue and benefiting from her knowledge, skills and experience.”
