Johnson Matthey announces John O’Higgins to its Board as upcoming Non-Executive Director

– UK, London – Johnson Matthey Plc (LSE:JMAT), is pleased to announce the appointment of John O’Higgins, as a non-executive director of the company. He will join the board with effect from 16th November 2017.

John is currently Chief Executive of Spectris plc, a leading supplier of productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls. He joined the board of Spectris plc as Chief Executive in January 2006. Prior to this John worked for Honeywell in a number of management roles, including as president of automation and control solutions, Asia Pacific. He began his career as a design engineer at Daimler-Benz in Stuttgart.

John will be replacing Colin Matthews CBE FREng, a non-executive director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Colin is standing down from his role with effect from 15th November 2017 after five years on the board, having been appointed a non-executive director in October 2012 and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in July 2016.

Chris Mottershead, a non-executive director, will be appointed as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee from 16th November 2017.

Tim Stevenson OBE, Chairman, commented: “On behalf of all of us on the board I would like to thank Colin for his significant contributions during his time as a non-executive director.

I am very pleased to welcome John to the board and we look forward to working with him and benefiting from his extensive business and industrial experience”.

For more information : http://www.matthey.com

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