11 September 2023

Lords Group Trading plc

('Lords', the 'Group' or the 'Company')

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Lords, a leading distributor of building materials in the UK, is pleased to announce Sheena Mackay has been appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Group with immediate effect. Sheena will Chair both the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations Committee and will also serve as a member of the Audit Committee.

With an executive career across more than 30 years in human capital management, where she has led global HR functions across a range of FTSE 100 and 250 companies, Sheena  was most recently a Non-Executive Director at Foxtons Group plc, the London based estate agency  where she was latterly Chair of the ESG Committee and had formerly been Chair of the Remuneration Committee

Previously Sheena acted as Group Human Resources Director for Smiths Group plc, a FTSE 100 global industrial technology company, between 2016 and 2022. Prior to Smiths, Sheena acted as Group Human Resources Director at BBA Aviation plc, the multinational aviation services company, Aggreko plc, a global supplier of temporary power and temperature control equipment, and SSL International Group plc, a manufacturer of healthcare products before being acquired by Reckitt Benckiser.

Gary O'Brien, Non-Executive Chairman of Lords, said:

"I'm delighted to confirm Sheena's appointment to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Sheena brings a wealth of experience holding executive positions across a range of people businesses and we look forward to leveraging her experience serving for six years as a Non-Executive Director of Foxtons Group plc."

FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES:

In addition to her appointment to the Lords Board, Sheena Mary Mackay, aged 62, holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five years. Sheena currently holds no shares in the Company.