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RNS Number : 2860E  Spirax Group PLC  22 October 2025

 

22 October 2025

Board Appointment

 

Spirax Group plc, the leading global thermal energy management and fluid
technology solutions Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew
Kemp as an Independent Non-Executive Board Director and member of the Audit
Committee with effect from 1 November 2025.

 

Andrew is Chair of the Audit Committee Chairs' Independent Forum and is a
Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair at both The Berkeley Group
Holdings plc and Irwin Mitchell Holdings Limited.  In addition, Andrew is a
Governor of Birkbeck University of London where he chairs the Finance
Committee and he was previously a Non-Executive Director of SCS Group plc.
Prior to that, Andrew spent almost 39 years serving PwC's FTSE100 clients in
the UK and internationally.

 

On 1 April 2026, Andrew will succeed Kevin Thompson as Chair of the Audit
Committee and Kevin will step down from the Board at the Company's Annual
General Meeting (AGM) in May 2026.  Until then, Kevin and Andrew will work
together to manage a smooth handover.

 

Tim Cobbold, Chair, commented: "I am delighted to welcome Andrew to Spirax
Group.  He brings deep expertise to the Board and the Audit Committee, along
with significant experience as a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee
Chair of both large listed and privately held companies.

 

"On behalf of the Board, I would like to express our thanks to Kevin for his
significant contribution to Spirax Group. Kevin's extensive experience and
commitment have been instrumental in guiding Spirax Group through some
important milestones as the business has grown and developed.  When Kevin
steps down at the AGM next year to spend more time with family and friends, he
will leave with our utmost appreciation and good wishes for the future."

 

Andrew Kemp's appointment is part of the succession planning undertaken by the
Nomination Committee to recruit Non-Executive Directors with the skills and
experience required to support the implementation of the Group's Together for
Growth Strategy.

 

There are no further disclosures to be made pursuant to UKLR 6.4.6R and
6.4.8R.

 

For further information:

Celine Barroche, General Counsel and Company Secretary

+44 (0) 1242 535 276

 

Media

Martin Robinson, Teneo:
 

+44 (0) 20 7260 2700

 

spiraxgroup@teneo.com (mailto:spiraxgroup@teneo.com)

 

 

About Spirax Group

Spirax Group is positioned to play a critical role in enabling the industrial
transition to net zero, aligned to our Purpose to create sustainable value for
all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable
world.  We put solving customers' problems at the heart of our 'total
solutions' approach. Our global thermal energy and fluid technology solutions
improve operating efficiency and safety in our customers' critical industrial
processes. Our decarbonisation solutions use proprietary technologies to
eliminate scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions* by electrifying boilers for
the raising of steam, as well as the electrification of other critical
industrial process heating applications.

Spirax Group comprises three strong and aligned Businesses: Steam Thermal
Solutions helps customers control and manage steam within their mission
critical industrial applications, such as cleaning, sterilising, cooking and
heating.  We are helping to put food safely on the world's tables and keeping
our hospitals running. Electric Thermal Solutions has proprietary technologies
that deliver electrification solutions at scale in industrial settings,
including for the raising of steam, supporting our customers to achieve their
net zero goals. We also deliver freeze protection and defrost solutions
critical to aviation and space industries and ensure thermal uniformity in
Semiconductor chip manufacturing to power the critical electronic systems we
rely on.  Watson‐Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is optimising the
efficient use of resources and supporting advancements in global health, such
as lifesaving vaccines and gene therapies.

Spirax Group is headquartered in Cheltenham (UK). We have 37 strategically
located manufacturing plants around the world and are committed to creating a
safe and inclusive working culture for our 10,000 colleagues, operating in 66
countries and serving 110,000 customers globally.  The Company's shares have
been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1959 (symbol: SPX) and we are a
constituent of the FTSE 100 and the FTSE4Good Indexes.

*When connected to a green electricity source.

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