Board Appointment and Board Committee Changes

RNS Number : 2082X

Treatt PLC

26 August 2020

 

26 August 2020

TREATT PLC

("Treatt" or "the Company")

Board Appointment and Board Committee Changes

Treatt plc, the manufacturer and supplier of innovative ingredient solutions for the flavour, fragrance, beverage and consumer product industries, announces that Vijay Thakrar will be appointed as an independent Non-executive Director with effect from 1^st September 2020.

Vijay is a Chartered Accountant with extensive strategy, commercial and governance experience in FMCG, including the food and beverage sector and was previously a Partner at EY and Deloitte, Chairing Deloitte's mid cap listed companies' practice.  Vijay has served on various Boards in a non-executive capacity, including The Quoted Companies Alliance and Quorn Foods and has experience in chairing both audit and remuneration committees.

Commenting on the appointment Tim Jones, Chairman of Treatt, said "I am delighted to welcome Vijay to Treatt. His financial experience and strategic knowledge will further strengthen the Board and we look forward to working with him."

Vijay is a Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Walker Greenbank Plc, Alumasc Group plc and MK Dons Sports & Education Trust.  Treatt confirms that there is no further information to be disclosed under the requirements of Listing Rule 9.6.13 in relation to this appointment.

Board Committees

Also with effect from 1^st September 2020, Vijay Thakrar will be appointed as a member of the Company's Audit and Nomination Committees and Tim Jones will step down from the Audit Committee.

Accordingly, the membership of the Audit and Nomination Committees will be as set out below; the Remuneration Committee remains unchanged:

Audit Committee: Jeff Iliffe (Chair), Yetunde Hofmann, Vijay Thakrar

Nomination Committee: Tim Jones (Chair), Daemmon Reeve, Richard Illek, Lynne Weedall, Yetunde Hofmann and Vijay Thakrar

For further information please contact:

Treatt plc 

Anita Guernari

Company Secretary

01284 702500

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