InterContinental Hotels Group PLC announced the retirement from the IHG Board of Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee Jo Harlow, effective 31 December 2023. The appointment of Angie Risley as Non-Executive Director, effective 1 September 2023, who will succeed Jo Harlow as Chair of the Remuneration Committee from 1 January 2024 upon Jo's retirement. These changes reflect IHG's ongoing commitment to succession planning, bringing together a diverse range of talent, expertise, skills and relevant experience, and facilitating a thorough transition of responsibilities.

Jo Harlowwas appointed to the IHG Board as a Non-Executive Director in 2014 and became the Chair of the Remuneration Committee in 2017. She also sits on the Nomination Committee. Angie Risley is currently Remuneration Committee Chair at Smith & Nephew plc, having previously held the same position on the Board of Serco Group plc.

Angie will serve on the Remuneration Committee and Responsible Business Committee of the IHG Board upon appointment and will assume the role of Chair of the Remuneration Committee and join the Nomination Committee on 1 January 2024. Angie is currently a Non-Executive Director at Smith & Nephew plc, where she is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination & Governance Committee and the Compliance & Culture Committee. She previously served as Non-Executive Director of Serco Group plc (and was Chair of the Remuneration Committee) as well as Sainsbury's Bank plc, Arriva and Biffa, and she has been a member of the Low Pay Commission.

Angie's career in Human Resources has spanned Executive roles across a number of sectors, including at United Biscuits; Whitbread as an Executive Director, Group HR Director; and Lloyds Banking Group as a member of the Executive Committee as Group HR Director. She recently retired from Sainsbury's where she was Group HR Director for 10 years and a member of the Operating Board.