Intertek Group plc announces the appointment of Jez Maiden as a Non-Executive Director of Intertek with effective immediately. Jez Maiden has had a wide-ranging and extensive career in finance and has been theGroup Finance Director of Croda International Plc, the FTSE100 global speciality chemicals company, since 2015. Before he joined Croda International Plc, he was the Group Chief Financial Officer at National Express Plc from 2008.

Jez was also previously the Group Finance Director at Northern Foods Plc and British Vita Plc. Jez Maiden also has extensive Non-Executive Director experience as he was previously the Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees at Synthomer Plc and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees at PZ Cussons Plc. He is currently aNon-Executive Director of the Centre for Process Innovation Ltd. which supports the development of next-generation manufacturing in the UK.

Jezis a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.