Geoff Gaywood
Chief Executive, age 60
Geoff Gaywood was appointed Chief Executive in October 2001. He was previously Managing Director of the European division of International Specialty Products, Inc and general manager of its global acetylenics business. Prior to that, he was with the Dow Chemical Company for 24 years in a number of general management roles in Europe, South Africa and Japan. Most recently Geoff Gaywood was Director of Chemicals at Ernst & Young LLP based in the UK. He was born and educated in England and holds a degree in chemical engineering from London University.

Brian Taylorson
Finance Director, age 48
Brian Taylorson was appointed Finance Director in April 2002. He was previously Head of European Chemicals M&A at KPMG Corporate Finance. He joined KPMG in 2000 from the Dow Chemical Company where he held a number of positions in finance. He holds an MA from Cambridge University, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Philip Brown
Executive Director and Company Secretary, age 55
Philip Brown was appointed an executive director of Elementis in July 2000, with responsibility for company secretarial and legal affairs; he also chairs the Elementis risk management committee. Philip Brown joined Elementis as Company Secretary from Ranks Hovis McDougall in 1992. He holds a law degree and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Paul Tomkinson
Managing Director Elementis Chromium, age 50
Paul Tomkinson was appointed Managing Director of Elementis Chromium in July 1999. He joined Elementis in 1984 and worked in the Chromium business until 1997, when he was appointed Managing Director of the Catalyst, Zinc Products and Carboxylates business. His early career was spent in Shell, British Gas and Rolls Royce.

David Dutro
Managing Director Elementis Pigments, age 48
David Dutro joined Elementis in November 1998 as Managing Director of Elementis Pigments. He was previously Vice President General Manager of Universal Foods' Dairy and Food Ingredients business (now Sensient Technologies Corp), prior to which he was with ICI in the colours, polymer additives and surfactants businesses.

Neil Carr
Managing Director Elementis Specialties, age 40
Neil Carr was appointed Managing Director of Elementis Specialties in May 2000. He joined Elementis in 1998 as Group Director of Human Resources from SmithKline Beecham,where he was Human Resource Director, Worldwide Supply Operations.

Greg McClatchy
Managing Director Specialty Rubber, age 39
Greg McClatchy was appointed Managing Director of Specialty Rubber in July 2002. He joined Elementis Pigments in 1999 and was most recently Managing Director at Elementis Pigments Durham. He was previously with Universal Foods' Dairy and Food Ingredients business (now Sensient Technologies Corp) and ICI's polymer additives business.

Gary Castellino
Chief Information Officer, age 52
Gary Castellino was appointed Chief Information Officer in January 2002. He joined Elementis from Interlogix, Inc where he was Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He was previously Vice President and Chief Information Officer with International Specialty Products, Inc.

Jon Cheele
Director of ERP Programme, age 43
Jon Cheele joined Elementis in July 1999 as Commercial Director, Elementis Chromium and was appointed Director of ERP Programme in December 2001. His early career was spent with ICI and Zeneca where he was most recently General Manager Resins, for the Americas and Asia Pacific at Zeneca Specialties (now Avecia).

Peter Russell
Director of Human Resources, age 57
Peter Russell joined Elementis as Director of Human Resources in December 2001. Previously he ran his own consultancy company providing coaching and support to board level executives. Prior to that, he held a number of senior global and European HR positions in the automotive and IT industries.

Godwin Lee
General Manager, China Region, age 41
Godwin Lee joined Elementis in July 1999 and was appointed General Manager, China Region in November 2003. He is also responsible for the Elementis Pigments business in the Asia Pacific region. Godwin Lee was previously a Regional General Manager with General Electric Plastics, China.

Hilary Reid Evans
Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, age 52
Hilary was appointed Head of Investor Relations in March 2003. She joined Elementis from Xenova Group plc, a London listed biotechnology company, where she had been Head of Corporate Communications since 1996. Prior to this she held communications roles in TLG plc and Thorn EMI plc.