Micro Focus International plc announced that Robert Youngjohns has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. Robert will become a member of the Company's Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee. Robert will be subject to election at the Company's next annual general meeting, and re-election at each annual general meeting of the Company thereafter. Robert has previously been Executive Vice President and General Manager of HP Software at Hewlett Packard Enterprises ("HPE"). During his tenure at Hewlett Packard, Robert was a member of HP's Executive Council, as well as a Senior Vice President. Prior to his work at HPE, Robert was a Senior Vice-President of Microsoft and President of Microsoft North America. He has held senior leadership positions at Sun Microsystems and IBM. He is currently a board member at a small number of growth companies in the technology sector and an operating executive at Marlin Equity Partners.