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RNS Number : 5411X  Morgan Advanced Materials PLC  24 July 2024

24 July 2024

 

MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIALS PLC

 

Appointment of Senior Independent Director

 

Morgan Advanced Materials plc ("Morgan"; "Company"), the global manufacturer
of advanced carbon and ceramic materials for complex and technologically
demanding applications, announces today the appointment of Alison Wood as
Senior Independent Director. Alison will join the Board on 1 November 2024; at
which point Laurence Mulliez will step down as Senior Independent Director and
a director of the Company.

Alison is a highly experienced non-executive director with a significant
background in international industrials. She brings deep governance expertise
gained across numerous listed businesses, having served as Chair, Senior
Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chair in a number of FTSE 350
businesses. In her executive career, she was central to the strategic
development of BAE Systems plc as Group Strategic Development Director (2004
to 2008) and was also Global Director of Strategy and Corporate Development at
National Grid plc (2008 to 2013). She currently serves as Chair of Galliford
Try Holdings plc, Senior Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chair
of Oxford Instruments plc and Remuneration Committee Chair of TT Electronics
plc.

Commenting on the appointment, Ian Marchant, Chair, said:

"We are delighted that Alison will be joining the Board. She brings a wealth
of expertise in listed company governance. Her insightful and strategic
leadership and valuable commercial expertise will support the further progress
and the success of the Group in the years ahead.

On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Laurence for her extensive
commercial insight and the contribution she has made to Morgan's strategic
thinking over the past eight years. I would also like to thank her personally
for the part she has played as Senior Independent Director in helping me to
settle into my role as Chair. We wish her well for the future."

 

 

For further enquiries:

Pete Raby                           Morgan Advanced
Materials plc
01753 837 000

Richard Armitage

Nina Coad                           Brunswick
 
 0207 404 5959

 

Notes:

1.  Alison will become a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination
Committees on appointment.

2.  For the purpose of Listing Rule 9.6.13(R), Alison was also a
non-executive director and Remuneration Committee Chair of Capricorn Energy
plc (2019 to 2023), Senior Independent Director & Remuneration Committee
Chair of Costain Group plc (2014 to 2022) and non-executive director and
Remuneration Committee Chair of Cobham plc (2011 to 2020). There is no further
information to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13(R).

3.  The Directors have determined that upon appointment she will be
independent.

 

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