Spectris plc announces that Alison Henwood has been appointed to its Board as a Non-executive Director with effect from 1 September 2021. Alison is currently Executive Vice President of Finance, Trading and Supply at Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell"), leading finance for the largest energy-trading business in the world. She has held a wide variety of roles across Shell throughout her career, contributing to finance transformation, culture change, digitisation and Shell's move towards zero carbon. From a technical finance perspective, Alison has experience in most key areas including treasury, risk management, internal control and audit across regional, divisional and global functional roles. In addition, Alison is currently a non-executive director and audit committee chair at the United Kingdom's Hydrographic Office, (UKHO) - a centre for hydrography, specialising in marine geospatial data to support safe, secure and thriving oceans. Following Alison's appointment on 1 September 2021, the Board's Committee membership will be as follows: Members- Audit and Risk Committee: Bill Seeger (Chairman), Ulf Quellmann, Kjersti Wiklund, Alison Henwood. Nomination Committee: Mark Williamson (Chairman),Karim Bitar, Ravi Gopinath, Alison Henwood, Ulf Quellmann, Bill Seeger, Cathy Turner, Kjersti Wiklund. Remuneration Committee: Cathy Turner (Chairman), Karim Bitar, Ravi Gopinath, Ulf Quellmann, Kjersti Wiklund.