The Board of Essentra plc announces the appointment of Kath Durrant as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 3 January 2023. Kath will also be a member of the Remuneration Committee. Kath is a Non-Executive Director of Vesuvius plc, SIG plc and an advisor to Innovation RCA.

She has previously served as a Non-Executive Director of Calisen plc and Renishaw plc. Kath has extensive human resources experience gained from time working at GlaxoSmithKline plc and AstraZeneca plc. She also served as the Group Human Resources Director at Rolls Royce plc and Ferguson plc and until 2019 was Chief HR Officer at CRH plc.