Synthomer plc announced that it has appointed Anant Prakash as Chief Counsel and Company Secretary. Anant will join Synthomer on December 1, 2022, succeeding Richard Atkinson who will retire at the end of February 2023 following a handover period. Anant has spent the last five years at Ultra Electronics Group, latterly as General Counsel, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Before joining Ultra, Anant worked at the international law firm Slaughter and May, and has experience in M&A, JVs, private equity, compliance, corporate governance and global investigations. He holds an undergraduate degree in History, a graduate Diploma in Law and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice. Cynthia Dubin has resigned as Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee as of 29 November 2022.

Ian Tyler, who joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in June 2022 as a very experienced NED and following a distinguished executive career, will succeed Cynthia as Chair of Audit Committee. Brendan Connolly, Senior Independent Director, will retire from the Board in April 2023 after nine years' service. At that point, Ian Tyler will also succeed him as Senior Independent Director.

Holly Van Deursen, who has been a Non-Executive Director and member of the Remuneration Committee since September 2018, will succeed Brendan as Chair of the Remuneration Committee.