The Board of Essentra plc announced the appointment of Dupsy Abiola as Board Trainee, Non-Executive Director with effect from 29 July 2021. The role of Board Trainee, Non-Executive Director is a new role created by Essentra to help develop a wider pool of candidates for board positions. The role is voluntary and appointees will be in training for up to twelve months, following the Board's annual cycle. The Board Trainee will be given full exposure to Board activities and Committees and supported to assimilate into the Board and the Company. Dupsy trained as a barrister after reading Law at the University of Oxford and in 2010 founded Intern Avenue. Dupsy is currently Head of Global Innovation at the International Airlines Group, one of the worlds' large airline groups.