Janet Ashdown | Victrex plc

Nationality: British

Appointed to the Board: February 2018

Independent: Yes

Skills and experience: Janet has over 30 years’ experience in the international energy sector, working across the value chain from customer facing through to manufacturing in increasingly senior roles. Janet had a distinguished career at bp plc for 30 years where her final role was head of the UK Fuels Business Unit. From 2010 to 2012, she served as CEO of Harvest Energy, an international private equity backed business. Janet also brings more than a decade of board-level experience having served as a non-executive director at SIG plc, Coventry Building Society, Marshalls plc and chair of the Projects & Programs Committee of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Other significant appointments: Non-executive director and chair of the Corporate Sustainability committee and Remuneration committee of RHI Magnesita NV, non-executive director of Stolt-Nielsen Limited and senior independent non-executive Director of Synthomer plc.

Specific contribution to the Company’s long-term success: Janet has extensive international executive and non-executive experience. She has experience of chairing remuneration committees across different sectors for over ten years and has now been chairing sustainability committees for 5+ years.