Business
Appointment of Non-Executive Directors
Appointment of Non-Executive Directors.
About this update from Reach Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 26 July 2022\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reach plc\n \n \n \n \n (the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Priya Guha and Wais Shaifta join the Board of Reach plc\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Board of Reach plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Priya Guha, MBE and Wais Shaifta as Non-Executive Directors of the Company, with effect from 1 September 2022. Priya and Wais will be members of the Audit & Risk, Nomination, Remuneration and Sustainability Committees.\n \n \n Priya brings to the Board a unique mix of senior diplomatic and governmental leadership, alongside extensive experience of the technology sector\n .\n She is a Venture Partner at Merian Ventures,\n with a focus on\n women-led innovation\n investments, a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the Ashridge Hult Business School and\n a Non-Executive Director of UK Research & Innovation and the Digital Catapult.\n \n \n Previously, Priya was a career diplomat, most recently as British Consul General to San Francisco, with prior postings in India and Spain. She sits on the Royal Academy of Engineering International Committee, the Durham Business School International Advisory Board and Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates Advisory Board. She is also a Trustee at TechSheCan. In 2021 Priya was awarded an MBE for services to international trade and women in innovation.\n \n \n Wais\n brings to the Board a varied\n e-commerce\n background and customer focus\n expertise, having previously held executive roles in a number of online businesses. He\n has\n extensive experience driving growth and transformation for several digitally enabled brands, with a track record of leveraging data to drive customer engagement. As the former CEO at Push Doctor, one of the leading digital healthcare companies in Europe, Wais worked in partnership with the NHS to connect thousands of patients each week with clinicians. Before joining Push Doctor, Wais was Director of Global Operations at Treatwell, and prior to that was International Operations Director at Just Eat.\n \n \n Wais is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Sustainability Committee of The Gym Group plc\n , an Operating Partner for Samaipata and a Governor of The Grange Academy School\n .\n He has been hired by Revaia Capital, the largest female-led...