REG - Synthomer PLC - Directorate Changes

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30/06/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 8596O  Synthomer PLC  30 June 2025

Synthomer plc

Directorate changes

 

Synthomer plc ('Synthomer' or the 'Group') today announces the appointment of
two independent non-executive directors, Janet Ashdown and Jonathan Silver,
who will join the Board on 1 July 2025.

 

Janet Ashdown has significant experience of general management primarily in
the process and chemicals industries, as well as environmental and
sustainability matters, and has chaired corporate remuneration committees for
more than 10 years. Janet had a 30-year executive career at BP plc until 2010,
running the UK retail and commercial fuel business in her last role there. She
then became chief executive of Harvest Energy, an international private
equity-backed business, until 2013. Janet is currently a non-executive
director and remuneration committee chair at Victrex plc, a non-executive
director and chair of the remuneration and corporate sustainability committees
at RHI Magnesita plc and a non-executive director of Stolt-Nielsen plc. She
has previously served as a non-executive director and remuneration committee
chair of Marshalls plc and SIG plc, and as senior independent director and
chair of committees including for health, safety, security and sustainability
of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, a UK Government arm's length body.
Janet holds a BSc in Energy Engineering from the University of Swansea. Janet
will join the Synthomer Board's audit, remuneration and nomination committees
on appointment and will succeed Holly Van Deursen as Chair of the Remuneration
Committee in late 2026.

 

Jonathan Silver has significant international experience in finance and
accounting, risk and controls, treasury, investment management and mergers and
acquisitions, having served in a variety of senior roles culminating in chief
financial officer during his 30-year executive career to 2015 at Laird plc.
Prior to this Jonathan held finance roles at the pharmaceutical and
agrichemicals group Fisons plc. Jonathan is currently non-executive director,
senior independent director and audit committee chair at Spirent
Communications plc. Jonathan also serves as a non-executive director and audit
committee chair at Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust plc and at Henderson
High Income Trust plc, and previously served in the same roles at Invesco
Income Growth Trust plc. He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Jonathan holds a BA in
Business from the University of Strathclyde. Jonathan will join the Synthomer
Board's audit, remuneration and nomination committees on appointment and will
succeed Ian Tyler as Chair of the Audit Committee later this year.

 

Further to the announcement of 5 March 2025, Ian Tyler will step down from the
Board of Synthomer and his roles as Senior Independent Non-executive Director
and Audit Committee Chair in December 2025.

 

Further information:

 Investors: Faisal Tabbah, Vice President Investor Relations  Tel: +44 (0) 1279 775 306
 Media: Nick Hasell, FTI Consulting                           Tel: +44 (0) 203 727 1340

 

Notes

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800EHT3TI1KPQQJ56. Classification as per DTR
6 Annex 1R: 3.1.

 

Synthomer plc is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised
polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as
coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection - growing markets
for customers who serve billions of end users worldwide. Headquartered in
London, UK and listed there since 1971, we employ c.3,900 employees across our
five innovation centres of excellence and 29 manufacturing sites across
Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia. With more than 6,000 blue-chip
customers and £2.0bn in continuing revenue in 2024, our business is built
around three divisions, serving customers in attractive end markets where
demand is driven by global megatrends including urbanisation, demographic
change, climate change and sustainability, and shifting economic power. In
Coatings & Construction Solutions, our specialist polymers enhance the
sustainability and performance of a wide range of coatings and construction
products. We serve customers in applications including architectural and
masonry coatings, mortar modification, waterproofing and flooring, fibre
bonding, and energy solutions. In Adhesive Solutions our products help our
customers bond, modify and compatibilise surfaces and components for
applications including tapes and labels, packaging, hygiene, tyres and plastic
modification, improving permeability, strength, elasticity, damping,
dispersion and grip. In Health & Protection and Performance Materials we
are a world-leading supplier of water-based polymers for medical gloves, and a
major European manufacturer of high-performance binders, foams and other
products serving customers in a range of end markets. Our purpose is creating
innovative and sustainable solutions for the benefit of customers and society.
Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products. At
our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, China, Germany, Malaysia and
Ohio, USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products
and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of
sustainability benefits. Our 2030 decarbonisation targets have been approved
by the Science Based Targets initiative as being in line with what the latest
climate science says is necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement,
and since 2021 we have held the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark,
which recognises green technology businesses making a significant contribution
to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy. Find us at www.synthomer.com
(http://www.synthomer.com) or search for Synthomer on LinkedIn.

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