DX announced the appointment of Mark Hammond to the Board as Executive Chairman. His appointment takes immediate effect and will be an executive position until such time a Chief Executive Officer is appointed to the Board, at which point it will revert to being a non-executive role. Mark Hammond, aged 54 years, has over 25 years' commercial and financial experience across finance, investment and commerceand has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 1991.

He was co-founder and manager of a private equity fund, Caird Capital LLP, having previously workedfor Bank of Scotland Corporate as Head of Integrated Finance. He is currently Senior Independent Director of Genuit Group plc, the listed provider of sustainable water, climate and ventilation management solutions to the construction industry, and a Non-executive Director of Chaffin Holdings Limited, which provides arboricultural services. He was previously a Non-executive Director of Tuffnells Parcel Express Limited, until its successful sale to Connect Group plc and a Non-executive Director of David Lloyd Leisure Group Limited, a leading European fitness business.