H&T Group PLC (AIM:HAT) has appointed four new non-executive directors in a bid to support growth in both pawnbroking and retail.
Robert van Breda, Lawrence Guthrie, Catherine Nunn and Sally Veitch will join the AIM-listed company’s board on 1 July 2023, H&T announced on Friday.
“I am delighted to continue to build the breadth of expertise of the board,” H&T chairperson Simon Walker said, “each of them brings vast and relevant experience to the group.”
Van Breda will likely chair H&T’s audit committee, the company said, having worked at NatWest, as well as challenger banks Vanquis and Cashplus.
Guthrie is managing director at Edinburgh-based bank Quayle Munro, having previously also co-founded Hawkpoint Technologies and worked at Charterhouse.
H&T’s newly formed customer committee will be chaired by Nunn, meanwhile, who has worked at BP and previously served as chief executive of Lakeland Ltd.
Former Home Retail Group finance director Veitch will chair H&T’s risk committee, having also held roles at LHV Bank Ltd, Tipton & Coseley Building Society, Perenna Bank and Redwood Bank.
“I look forward to working with each of these talented individuals,” Walker added, “[they] will provide strong counsel as we look to grow our core pawnbroking and retail businesses.”
H&T shares climbed 1.3% to 440.9p.