NCC Group plc Annual Report 2021

Nomination Committee report

An increased focus on succession planning for the Boardand seniormanagement

During this year we have made the formal commitment that by 2024, we will have at least 33% female representation on our Board and at least one person of colour. Although this is best practice for FTSE 350 companies, we will commit to this target regardless of which share index we are in.

Chris Stone Committee Chair

2020/21 highlights • Session to review senior management and Executive Director succession plans • Focused on diversity and inclusion in every meeting, including undertaking unconscious bias training • Undertook a review of the colleague engagement results and continued with the non-executive colleague engagement sessions 2021/22 priorities Our priorities for the coming year focus on three areas: • Broadening our approach to talent and succession enabled by Workday • Continuing to support the development of a diverse leadership profile and pipeline • Creating the right working environment to support colleague engagement and working post pandemic

The members of the Nomination Committee are Chris Batterham, Jonathan Brooks and Jennifer Duvalier along with me.

The Nomination Committee’s objectives and responsibilities The Nomination Committee is responsible for reviewing the size, structure, balance, composition and progressive refreshing of the Board and its Committees and as such its duties include: • Reviewing the structure of the Board • Evaluating the balance of skills, knowledge, experience and diversity on the Board • Making recommendations for further recruitment to the Board or proposing changes to the existing structure of the Board, or individual Directors • Reviewing the leadership needs of the Company, both Executive and Non-Executive • Succession planning for Directors and other senior executives within the business • Recruiting, appointing and exiting of Directors • Overseeing membership of, and succession to, the various Board Committees • Reviewing the time commitment required from the Non-Executive Directors on NCC Group business

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