18th Jan 2007 07:00
Elementis PLC18 January 2007 Elementis PLC18 January 2007 Elementis plc ("the Company") Elementis plc is pleased to announce the appointment of David Dutro to the Boardas Group Chief Executive with effect from 17 January 2007. Mr Dutro is currently President and Chief Operating Officer, ElementisWorldwide, a position he has held since October 2005. Before that he wasPresident of Elementis Pigments having joined Elementis in that role in November1998. In his previous career Mr Dutro was Vice President, General Manager ofUniversal Foods' Dairy and Food Ingredient businesses (now Sensient TechnologiesCorp), and also spent time with ICI in their colours, polymer additives andsurfactants businesses. Aged 51, Mr Dutro was born and educated in the USA and holds a Bachelor ofScience degree in Marketing. Commenting on the appointment, Bob Beeston, Chairman said "David has played akey role in the Group's recent reorganisation and significant improvement inperformance. I am confident that Elementis will continue to benefit from hisleadership going forward". The Company confirms that that there are no other matters requiring disclosure in relation to listing rule 9.6.13. Kathryn SilverwoodCompany Secretary18 January 2007 Enquiries: Financial Dynamics Tel: +44 (0)20 7831 3113Andrew DowlerGreg Quine This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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