Chemring Group plc has today announced the appointment of Baroness Kate Rock as an independent non-executive director. Upon joining the board on 1 April, she will become the senior independent director and a member of the audit, nomination and remuneration committees.

Baroness Rock is an experienced non executive director with a board portfolio covering technology, engineering, construction and infrastructure. For just over three years, she has been non-executive chair of the UK infrastructure solutions company Costain Group PLC.

Rock is also on the board of FTSE 250 Keller Group plc (the global geotechnical specialist contractor) and is now its senior independent director, serving on the audit & risk, nomination & governance, remuneration and sustainability committees.

Having been appointed a life peer in 2015, Rock sat on the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee until January 2023. She was also a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence from 2017 to 2018 and was chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Autism between January and November 2025.

Until January 2023, Rock was a board member of the world’s first Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation and was, until November 2017, a non-executive director of Imagination Technologies plc, the former global FTSE 250 high technology company.

Tony Wood, chair of Chemring, commented: “Following an extensive selection process, I am delighted to welcome Baroness Rock to Chemring. Kate brings considerable experience within the fields of technology, infrastructure and innovation, as well as government and strategic communications.

“Her strong understanding of the construction and infrastructure sector will also be of value to the Group as we further progress our organic growth strategy and investment in increased capacity. I am certain that she will make a strong contribution to the continued development and performance of the Group.”