Victrex plc announces it has been notified that Jakob Sigurdsson, Chief Executive of Victrex, has been appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director of Coats Group plc. The appointment is effective from 1 October 2020. Jakob has been Chief Executive of Victrex since 1 October 2017. Prior to Victrex, Jakob had more than 20 years' experience in large multinational companies, both listed and private, including nine years with Rohm & Haas (now part of Dow Chemical) in the US, as well as Chief Executive of Alfesca in Europe and Chief Executive of Promens.