Press
Release
1 July 2024
Croda appoints Chief Financial Officer
Croda International Plc, the company
that uses smart science to create ingredients and technologies that
improve lives, today announces that the Board has appointed Stephen
Oxley as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive
Director.
Stephen, a qualified accountant, is
currently CFO of Johnson Matthey Plc, the specialty chemicals and
sustainable technologies company. Stephen brings valuable
experience in strategy setting and execution, enhancing business
performance, transformation and corporate transactions.
Stephen was previously a Partner at
KPMG where he spent nearly 30 years advising global companies
across consumer, healthcare and industrial sectors. He is also a
Non-Executive Member of the Audit and Risk Committee for the
Sovereign Grant which oversees the UK's public grant to the Royal
Family.
Stephen will join Croda no later
than 1 April 2025 following a notice period. Anthony
Fitzpatrick, President Strategy, Corporate
Development & Industrial Specialties, has been appointed
Interim Chief Financial Officer. Anthony joined Croda and the
Executive Committee in 2014 having previously spent more than 20
years in global investment banking.
Commenting, Danuta Gray, Croda Chair, said:
"I
am delighted that Stephen Oxley is joining as CFO. Alongside his
strong track record as a PLC Chief Financial Officer incorporating
strategic thinking and operational delivery, he brings valuable
experience of audit and advisory roles for large, complex
international companies across a number of relevant sectors during
his time as a Partner at KPMG. I look forward to welcoming him to
the Board.
"Anthony Fitzpatrick has a deep understanding of Croda and we
are pleased that he has agreed to act as CFO on an interim basis
before helping to oversee an orderly handover to Stephen when he
joins early next year."
There are no further details
required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13R.
For enquiries contact:
Investors:
David Bishop,
Croda
+44 7823 874 428
Media:
Charlie Armitstead, FTI Consulting
+44 7974 278 280