The Board of Directors of CMH announced that John Edwards has advised that he will be retiring as director and chairman of CMH with effect from 31 May 2018. Edwards has served as a non-executive director since 2002, and has been a member and chairman, of numerous Board committees and was appointed chairman in 2013. John Edwards will be succeeded by James Dixon, a current independent, non-executive director, and chairman of the audit and risk assessment committee. Consequential changes to the various board committees will be announced after the annual general meeting, scheduled for 31 May 2018.