Mr Graeme Armstrong
Non-Executive Director
Mr Graeme Armstrong has joined the Board of the Company as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 01 April 2011.
Mr Armstrong is currently the Head of Research, Development & Innovation, AkzoNobel Group and is a member of the Executive Committee.
He joined AkzoNobel in 2008 through the acquisition of ICI where he lead the Company’s Research, Development & Innovation function. Prior to joining ICI, Mr Armstrong spent 19 years in the detergents industry with Unilever and JohnsonDiversey in technology and marketing roles in Europe, Asia and the United States. He also served as Regional President for JohnsonDiversey in EMEA.
He is a graduate from the University of Newcastle where he received his BSc in Chemistry and PhD in Inorganic Chemistry. He is a Chartered Chemist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of their Science Policy Board. He is Chairman of Chemistry Innovation PLC, and former non-executive director of the UK Government Technology Strategy Board.