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RNS Number : 1803V  Chemring Group PLC  04 March 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
                                     4
MARCH 2026

CHEMRING GROUP PLC ("Chemring", the "Group" or the "Company")

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

 

APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 

Chemring today announces the appointment of Baroness Kate Rock as an
independent non-executive director. Upon joining the Board, Kate will become
the Senior Independent Director and a member of the Audit, Nomination and
Remuneration Committees. She will join the Board with effect from 1 April
2026.

 

Kate is an experienced non‑executive director with a board portfolio
covering technology, engineering, construction and infrastructure. Underpinned
by a strong background in corporate communications and strategy, she combines
deep engineering sector knowledge with a strategic understanding of how
innovation and technology enhance productivity, together with wide-ranging
experience working across government.

 

On 1 December 2022 Kate was appointed Non-Executive Chair of the UK
infrastructure solutions company Costain Group PLC. Since that time Costain
has seen a near five-fold increase in its share price and has re-entered the
FTSE 250 index. In September 2018 she joined the Board of FTSE 250 Keller
Group (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keller_Group)  plc (the world's largest
geotechnical specialist contractor) and is now the Senior Independent
Director, serving on the Audit & Risk, Nomination & Governance,
Remuneration and Sustainability Committees.

 

Having been appointed a Life Peer in 2015, she sat on the House of Lords
Science and Technology Select Committee until January 2023. She was also a
member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence from
2017 to 2018 and was Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Autism
between January and November 2025.

 

Until January 2023, Kate was a Board member of the world's first Centre for
Data Ethics and Innovation and was, until November 2017, a non-executive
director of Imagination Technologies plc, the former global FTSE 250 high
technology company.

 

Tony Wood, Chairman of Chemring, commented:

"Following an extensive selection process, I am delighted to welcome Baroness
Rock to Chemring. Kate brings considerable experience within the fields of
technology, infrastructure and innovation, as well as government and strategic
communications. Her strong understanding of the construction and
infrastructure sector will also be of value to the Group as we further
progress our organic growth strategy and investment in increased capacity. I
am certain that she will make a strong contribution to the continued
development and performance of the Group."

 

There are no further disclosures required to be made in accordance with UKLR
6.4.8 of the FCA's UK Listing Rules sourcebook.

 

-ENDS-

 

For further information:

Rupert Pittman           Group Director of Corporate Affairs,
          01794 463401

                                       Chemring Group
PLC

 

James McFarlane        MHP Group
                                07584 142665

Ollie
Hoare
07817 458804

 

Notes to editors

 

·   Chemring is a FTSE-250 global business that specialises in the
manufacture of high technology products and the provision of services to the
defence, security and aerospace markets

·   Employing approximately 2,700 people worldwide, and with production
facilities in four countries, Chemring meets the needs of customers in more
than fifty countries

·   Chemring is organised under two strategic product segments: Sensors
& Information and Countermeasures & Energetics

·   Chemring has a diverse portfolio of products that deliver high
reliability solutions to protect people, platforms, missions and information
against constantly changing threats

·   Operating in niche markets and with strong investment in research and
development ("R&D"), Chemring has the agility to rapidly react to urgent
customer needs

 

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