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18 Apr 2016 07:00
18 April 2016
Scapa Group plc
('Scapa' or 'the Company')
Directorate Change
Scapa Group plc (AIM: SCPA), a global manufacturer of bonding materials and solutions for the Healthcare and Industrial markets, announces the following directorate changes.
Non-Executive Directors
David Blackwood has been appointed to the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director. He will join the Board on 1 May 2016 and chair the Audit and Risk Committee from 1 June 2016. Mr Blackwood is a Non-Executive Director of Dignity Plc and was previously Group Finance Director of Synthomer plc, a position from which he retired in May 2015. Prior to that, he was Group Treasurer at Imperial Chemical Industries plc ("ICI") and held a number of senior positions with ICI over a period of 22 years. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
As a Non-Executive Director of Scapa, Mr Blackwood will sit on the Company's Remuneration Committee and Nominations Committee.
Mike Buzzacott will retire from his role as Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee on 30 May 2016.
James Wallace, Chairman of the Board, commented: "The Board thanks Mike for his contribution to the Board over the last eight years. We are pleased to welcome David to the Board and look forward to leveraging the wealth of experience he brings to the role."
Composition of Board Committees
The following table sets out the composition of the Board Committees effective 1 June 2016:
Committee | Chairman | Members |
Audit and Risk | David Blackwood | Martin Sawkins Richard Perry James Wallace
|
Nominations | James Wallace | David Blackwood Martin Sawkins Richard Perry
|
Remuneration | Martin Sawkins | David Blackwood Richard Perry James Wallace |
The Company makes the following disclosures in relation to Mr Blackwood's appointment in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies:
1. Director's full name: David Charles Blackwood
Director's age: 57 years
2. Other directorships / partnerships held during the last five years, including appointment and resignation dates:
Name of Company / Partnership | Date appointed | Date resigned |
|
|
|
Dignity Plc | 01/10/2015 | n/a
|
Polymerlatex Limited | 31/03/2011
| 01/05/2015 |
Synthomer plc | 01/10/2007 | 01/05/2015
|
Synthomer Holdings Limited | 29/11/2012 | 01/05/2015
|
Synthomer sprl
| 01/11/2011 | 01/06/2015 |
Synthomer (UK) Limited | 30/11/2012 | 30/07/2015
|
3. Other information: there is no other information required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Enquiries:
Rebecca Smith, Company Secretary Tel: 0161 301 7430
Scapa Group plc
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