Castelnau Group Limited announces the retirement of Lorraine Smyth as Non-Executive Director of the Company effective 15 December 2022. Lorraine has been a Director of the Company since April 2021, and the Board has greatly appreciated the experience and support she has contributed to the development of the Company. the Board also wishes to announce that Graham Shircore has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 15 December 2022.

Graham graduated from Bath University with a BSc (Hons.) degree in Business Administration. In 2005, Graham joined Aviva Investors on the graduate scheme and went on to become aUK EquityFund Manager in 2008. Graham later went on to also manage European fundsbefore joining Rothschild Wealth Management in 2013.

At Rothschild, Graham worked within the investmentteam helping to shape and implement the equityresearch process. Graham joined Phoenix Asset Management Partners (“Phoenix”), where he is apartner, in 2017 before being seconded to Stanley Gibbons as CEO, a role he held for 4 years before returning to Phoenix to take up the role of CEO of Castelnau within Phoenix.