Bakkavor Group plc announced that Jane Lodge will be joining the Board of the company as an Independent Non-executive Director and will also succeed Simon Burke as Chair of Bakkavor's Audit and Risk Committee. Jane spent 25 years at Deloitte & Touche LLP, the audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services provider, progressing to a Senior Audit Partner working for major corporates. She served as the first female Partner to sit on the Deloitte UK Board overseeing management strategy, acquisitions, performance against plan and admission of new partners. She was also the manufacturing and industry lead Partner, providing best practice and insights across the Deloitte businesses of tax, auditing, consulting, and corporate finance. Jane left Deloitte in 2011 to build a Non-executive portfolio, and is now currently a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committees at Costain plc, DCC plc, Devro plc and Sirius Minerals Plc.