M&C Saatchi has appointed Georgina Harvey as a non-executive director of the company, effective 1 October 2024. It has also announced that Louise Jackson will step down from her role as a non-executive director at the next AGM.

Harvey will next week join the audit & risk and nomination committees of the global creative solutions group, and will later become chair of the remuneration committee.

Harvey has held several non-executive and senior independent director roles across a range of UK listed companies. She currently acts as a senior independent director on the board of Capita plc, as well as being a non-executive director of Britvic plc, where she also chairs the respective remuneration committees.

She has also previously served as a non-executive director of Superdry plc, McColl’s Retail Group plc, Big Yellow Group plc and William Hill plc.

Harvey has gained many years of executive level experience in advertising and media, having previously been managing director, Regionals at Trinity Mirror Group and held managing director positions at Wallpaper Group and IPC Advertising.

Zillah Byng-Thorne, non-executive chair, commented: “The board looks forward to welcoming Georgina and would like to thank Louise for the advice and guidance she has provided to the company since she joined the board in March 2020.”