Steve Good
Non-Executive Chair
Appointed
October 2014 (Board) and April
2016 (Chair)
Skills
Strong and r
elevant international
experience in the speciality
chemicals and plastics industries,
manufacturing and diverse
industrial markets which enables
him to give both guidance and
challenge to management. He
also has significant plc board
experience.
Experience
Steve was Chief Executive of Low
& Bonar plc between September
2009 and September 2014. Prior
to that role, he was Managing
Director of its technical textiles
division between 2006 and 2009,
Director of new business between
2005 and 2006 and Managing
Director of its plastics division
between 2004 and 2005. Prior to
joining Low & Bonar he spent 10
years with BTP plc (now part of
Clariant) in a variety of leadership
positions managing international
speciality chemicals businesses.
He is a Chartered Accountant.
External appointments
Senior Independent Director
, Chair
of the Remuneration Committee
and member of the Nomination
Committee, Elementis plc. Chair
,
Chair of the Nomination Committee
and member of the Remuneration
Committee, Devro plc.
Gary McGrath
Group CFO
Appointed
December 2015 (Executive Director)
and February 2016 (Group CFO)
Skills
Diverse international experience
across a range of manufacturing
businesses. He has a track recor
d
ofbuilding world-class finance
organisations and delivering
commercial finance support and
effective contr
ol environments
toachieve board strategies.
Experience
Gary is a Chartered Accountant,
qualifying with Arthur Andersen.
He spent 11 years with RMC Group
plc before joining Koch Industries
Inc, where he spent several years
in various positions, including
Global Finance Director of INVIST
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Apparel and EMEA Vice President
of Finance, Planning and Analysis
at Georgia Pacific. Before joining
Zotefoams, Gary was CFO of GC
Aesthetics Limited. He has worked
across public, private and private
equity environments in the UK,
Belgium, Germany
, the USA and
the Republic of Ireland.
External appointments
None
Jonathan Carling
Non-Executive Director
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Appointed
January 2018
Skills
Extensive engineering,
manufacturing, operational and
business experience at board
level, having led the development
and production of a number of
luxury cars and aero engines.
Experience
Jonathan was previously the CEO
of T
okamak Energy Limited, a
technology business developing
a faster route to fusion power
,
COO for Civil Large Engines at
Rolls-Royce plc, COO at Aston
Martin Lagonda Limited, and
Chief Engineer with Jaguar Land
Rover Limited. Jonathan has
extensive engineering, operational
and business experience. He was
also a Non-Executive Director
of Aga Rangemaster Group plc
between 2011 and 2015.
External appointments
None
Catherine Wall
Non-Executive Director
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Appointed
May 2020
Skills
Skilled independent Chair and
Non-Executive Director for
private equity owned, quoted
and family companies. Sectors:
industrials, business services,
Experience
Catherine has 30 years’
experience in the private equity
industry
, primarily with Equistone
Partners Europe, wher
e she
led numerous management
buy-outs and later became UK
Portfolio Partner supervising
the management of all the
business’
s UK investments.
Catherine also has extensive
industrial markets and Non-
Executive Director experience,
working with and helping
develop many management
teams to deliver ambitious
growth plans
External appointments
Chair of Mortgage and Surveying
Services Limited. Until 31
December 2020, she was also
Non-Executive Director and
Chair of the Audit Committee
of Mobeus Income & Growth
VCT plc.
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Member of the Audit Committee
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Member of the Remuneration Committee
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Member of the Nomination Committee