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Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Appointment of Non-Executive Director.
About this update from Synthomer Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n \n \nSynthomer plc\nAppointment of Non-Executive Director\n \nSynthomer plc ('Synthomer' or 'the Company') today announces that it has appointed Martina Flöel as a Non-Executive Director. She will join the Board and become a member of the Audit, Remuneration, and Nomination Committees with effect from 1 September 2023.\n \nMartina has considerable executive experience in the chemical industry. Between 2003 and 2016, she led what became OXEA GmbH, after its creation as a joint venture between Celanese AG and Degussa AG, during which time the business grew considerably through a focus on specialisation. Prior to this, Martina held a number of senior roles at Celanese and its predecessor company, Hoechst AG, focusing on strategy, operations and capital investment, human resources, and innovation and technology. Martina began her career as a research chemist at Hoechst after receiving a PhD in chemistry from the Technical University of Munich.\n \nMartina has extensive Non-Executive Board experience, having served since 2018 on the Board of Sasol Limited, the global chemicals and energy company (US and South Africa-listed), including as a member of the Remuneration, Capital Investment, Digital and Safety, Sustainability, and Ethics Committees. Between 2017 and March 2023, Martina was a supervisory Board member of Finnish-listed Neste Corporation, the renewable and circular solutions-focused refinery company, serving as a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Between 2019 and 2020, Martina also served on the supervisory Board of a family-owned company in Germany.\n \nCaroline Johnstone, Chair of Synthomer, said:\n\"I am delighted to welcome Martina to Synthomer's Board. Her international experience and extensive knowledge of the chemicals sector in both an Executive and Non-Executive capacity over many years will be enormously valuable as we continue to execute Synthomer's strategy to focus, strengthen and grow.\"\n \nThere are no further matters to be disclosed under LR9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.\n \n \n\n\n\nFurther information:\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nInvestors: Faisal Tabbah, Vice President Investor Relations\n\n\n \n\n\nTel: +44 (0) 1279 775 306\n\n\n\n\nMedia: Charles Armitstead, Teneo\n\n\n \n\n\nTel: +44 (0) 7...