Haydale announce the appointment of Gareth Kaminski-Cook as independent Non-Executive Director of the Group starting on the 1st January 2024. Gareth Kaminski-Cook has a breadth of relevant experience in international businesses including currently as Chief Executive Officer of Autins Group plc, a UK and continental Europe based industrial materials technology business. Gareth joined Autins from Low & Bonar plc, the fully listed international performance materials group, where he was Group Director of Strategy, Sales and Marketing and Global Business Director, Interiors and Transportation (a global business supplying specialist materials to the Automotive and Flooring industries).

Gareth has 30 years' experience in market-leading industrial organizations across several business sectors, having worked previously for Saint Gobain, Rexam, BPB and Danaher. He has lived and worked in Asia, the US and Europe, and has a deep understanding of the manufacture and application of specialist thermal materials across relevant industrial markets such as Automotive and Building Products. Gareth is a former Officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers and a Civil Engineering graduate from Birmingham University.