Laurence Mulliez added to Morgan Advanced Materials board

Morgan Advanced Materials has announced the appointment of Laurence Mulliez to its board as a non-executive director on Friday, with effect from the end of the company’s Annual General Meeting on 6 May.

Mulliez is currently the chairman of French renewable power developer Voltalia, and a non-executive director at Aperam, SBM Offshore and the UK Green Investment Bank.

She was previously the chief executive of independent power producer Eoxis from 2010 to 2013, and prior to that spent 16 years in a variety of roles at BP including chief executive of Castrol Industrial Lubricants and Services.

Earlier in her career, Mulliez worked at Amoco Chemical, M&M Mars and Banque Nationale de Paris.

"Laurence Mulliez has significant experience in growing, simplifying and unifying complex international industrial manufacturing businesses. She will be a great asset to the Morgan Board and we look forward to working with her,” said Morgan chairman Andrew Shilston.

Following Mulliez’s appointment, the board will comprise five non-executive directors and two executive directors.