SDG Sanderson Design Group Plc

SANDERSON DESIGN GROUP PLC

("Sanderson Design Group", the "Company" or the "Group")

Senior Appointments in the UK and North America

Sanderson Design Group PLC (AIM: SDG), the luxury interior design and furnishings group, is pleased to confirm two senior appointments, one in the UK focused on manufacturing and the other in the USA focused on sales.

Group Operations Director

Tim Preston, a highly experienced manufacturing, operations and supply chain executive, has joined the Company as Group Operations Director, a key role in which he will lead the Group's manufacturing activities and the Group's Future Factory initiative. This initiative was outlined in the Company's half year results presentation on 16 October 2024 and is focused on digital-first printing, reducing lead times and increasing productivity.

Tim has more than 20 years of senior operations management experience at international and national businesses, specialising in project delivery and continuous improvement. He was at Pepsico for nine years serving the Italy, France and Germany markets in roles including Operations Director. He then had positions including Supply Chain Director at Premier Foods and Operations Director at Berendsen UK before, most recently, spending six years at Greene King as Brewing and Distribution Director.

Senior Vice President of Sales, North America

In the USA, Scott Christopher Hans has been appointed to the newly created role of Senior Vice President of Sales as part of the Company's growth strategy in the important market of North America. Scott will lead business development in the North America market with full responsibility to lead sales in all channels and develop opportunities to accelerate growth.

Scott has more than 20 years' experience in the luxury design and interiors industry. He has held positions at Century, Robert Allen Beacon Hill, Rodolph, and most recently at La Maison Pierre Frey as the Vice President of Sales, North and South America.

Scott, who starts at the Company today, reports to Beth Holman, President at the Company's US business Sanderson Design Group Inc.

Lisa Montague, Chief Executive Officer of Sanderson Design Group, commented: "I'm delighted to welcome Tim and Scott to Sanderson Design Group. Tim has joined the Company at a very important time for our manufacturing operations owing to the opportunities created by the digitalisation of printing processes. We believe our Future Factory initiative has the potential to deliver a much more efficient manufacturing operation. Meanwhile, North America is a key strategic growth opportunity for the Group and Scott's sales experience will be of great value as we continue to focus on building this important market."

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About Sanderson Design Group

Sanderson Design Group PLC is a luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers, fabrics and paints. In addition, the Company derives licensing income from the use of its designs on a wide range of products such as bed and bath collections, rugs, blinds and tableware.

Sanderson Design Group's brands include Zoffany, Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin, Clarke & Clarke and Scion.

The Company has a strong UK manufacturing base comprising Anstey wallpaper factory in Loughborough and Standfast & Barracks, a fabric printing factory, in Lancaster. Both sites manufacture for the Company and for other wallpaper and fabric brands.

Sanderson Design Group employs approximately 580 people and its products are sold worldwide. It has showrooms in London, New York, Chicago and Amsterdam.

Sanderson Design Group trades on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SDG.

For further information please visit: www.sandersondesigngroup.com