Notcutts has announced the appointment of Bridget McIntyre as non- executive director and chair designate with effect from 1 January. She will replace outgoing chair Nicky Dulieu from 1 March.

Bridget currently sits on the Boards of Adnams and Jarrolds, both family businesses with a significant retail component. After a successful executive career in a variety of industries, from publishing to car manufacturing culminating in financial services with Aviva and RSA Insurance, she moved from to Suffolk.

In 2009, she set up the award-winning social enterprise Dream On, an innovative business model which funds access programmes to support women’s development, funded through corporate coaching and a clothes shop. This led to the creation of the Blossom Charity to support Dream On in 2014 and, most recently, Mission Possible which supports men to be their very best too.

Bridget has also been appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk from April 2020 - April 2021.