Joanne will also be appointed as a member of the Audit and Risk, Management Evaluation and Remuneration and Nomination Committees of the Board. Joanne has over 30 years’ experience in financial and professional services, investment banking and in audit and business advisory services. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and of the ICAEW, and is a member of the ICAEW’s corporate finance faculty.

Joanne is currently non-executive chairman of Mattioli Woods Plc, non-executive deputy chairman of Henry Boot Plc and a non-executive director of Morses Club Plc and Gateley Plc. In the past five years, she was also a non-executive director of Green Man Gaming Plc and Accrol Group Holdings Plc.

Robert Sharpe, the Company's Chairman, commenting on the appointment said: "I am delighted to welcome Joanne to the Board of Honeycomb. Joanne has a great wealth of experience, particularly in the financial services sector, which I know she will bring to bear on the Company. My fellow directors and I very much look forward to working with Joanne as we continue to build upon the successes of the business".