30^th November 2022

Synthomer plc

Board changes

Synthomer plc ('Synthomer' or 'the Company') announces that it has appointed Anant Prakash as Chief Counsel and Company Secretary. Anant will join Synthomer on 1^st December 2022, succeeding Richard Atkinson who will retire at the end of February 2023 following a handover period. 

Anant has spent the last five years at Ultra Electronics Group, latterly as General Counsel, Europe and Asia Pacific. Before joining Ultra, Anant worked at the international law firm Slaughter and May,  and has experience in M&A, JVs, private equity, compliance, corporate governance and global investigations. He holds an undergraduate degree in History, a graduate Diploma in Law and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice. 

Cynthia Dubin has resigned as Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee as of 29 November 2022.  Ian Tyler, who joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in June 2022 as a very experienced NED and following a distinguished executive career, will succeed Cynthia as Chair of Audit Committee. 

Brendan Connolly, Senior Independent Director, will retire from the Board in April 2023 after nine years' service. At that point, Ian Tyler will also succeed him as Senior Independent Director. Holly Van Deursen, who has been a Non-Executive Director and member of the Remuneration Committee since September 2018, will succeed Brendan as Chair of the Remuneration Committee. 

Caroline Johnstone, Chair of Synthomer, said:

"I am delighted to welcome Anant to Synthomer and we look forward to working with him to further evolve and deliver our priorities as a Board.

I wish Richard a long and happy retirement. Over his 24 years with Synthomer he has made a very significant contribution to the successful development of the Synthomer Group.

I want to thank Cynthia for her contribution to the Board and committees on which she served. Her executive and banking experience has been highly valued. 

We are very fortunate to have two experienced Non-Executives in Ian and Holly and I look forward to working with them both in their new roles."

For enquiries contact:

Investors:            Tim Hughes, Synthomer               + 44 7764 859147

Press:                   Charlie Armitstead, Teneo           +44 7703 330269