Capita plc announced today that Jon Lewis has informed the Board of his intention to retire from the company.

Mr Lewis will step down as Chief Executive Officer and a Director on the Board towards the end of the year, while remaining in the business until July 2024 to ensure an orderly transition.

He will be succeeded by Adolfo Hernandez, who will join Capita as Chief Executive Officer and Director. Mr Hernandez is currently Vice President, Global Telecommunications for Amazon Web Services (AWS), and has had a 30-year career in the technology sector, including senior leadership roles at SDL plc and Alcatel-Lucent.

Jon Lewis has served Capita as CEO and Director since December 2017.

He informed the Board last year that he was interested in exploring his future options, including eventual retirement from Capita and handover to a new CEO, once the business had pivoted to growth following its completed turnaround and a potential successor had been identified. Following these discussions, the Board commenced a succession-planning process.

David Lowden, Chairman of Capita, said:

“On behalf of the Board and everyone at Capita, I would like to offer our sincere thanks to Jon and pay tribute to his significant commitment and achievements at Capita over the past five years.

I also want to pay particular tribute to his leadership in recent months, during which he decided to delay his possible retirement from Capita due to the cyber incident we experienced in March.”

Capita will announce half-year results on 4 August 2023. Trading for the first six months of the year has been in line with company expectations.