Scapa Group plc has announced the following directorate change. Mr. Lawrence Pentz will join the Board as independent Non-Executive Chairman-Designate with effect from 3 January 2017 and will be appointed Non-Executive Chairman with effect from 31 March 2017. Mr. Pentz is currently Chairman of Victrex plc, a position he has held since 2014 and has been on the Victrex Board as a Non-Executive Director since 2008. He was an Executive Director of Johnson Matthey plc from 2003 to March 2016. Mr. Pentz has held a number of senior positions at Johnson Matthey plc spanning 32 years. With effect from 31 March 2017, Mr. Pentz will chair the Nominations Committee and will sit on the company's Remuneration Committee and Audit and Risk Committee. James Wallace will retire from his role as Non-Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Nominations Committee on 31 March 2017.