Victrex plc announced that Tim Cooper, Executive Director, has notified the Board of his intention to retire from the Company with effect from 20 June 2020 after 10 successful years at Victrex. It has been agreed that he will step down from the Board and his executive role on 30 September 2019. Victrex has no current plans to directly replace Tim and his functional responsibilities will be assumed by the other Executive Directors. Martin Court, Executive Director, will now oversee the Group's market-based activities across its Industrial and Medical divisions as Chief Commercial Officer, effective from 1 October 2019, and there will be no change to the divisional financial reporting structure. Tim will support an appropriate handover and transition process. Tim remains a non-executive director of Renold plc.