Victrex names Ian Melling as CFO

Polymer solutions firm Victrex revealed on Tuesday that Ian Melling had been tapped to take over as its next chief financial officer, with effect from 4 July.

Victrex said Melling had been selected to succeed Richard Armitage, who will step down as CFO on 27 May, following "a diverse and thorough search process".

In the intervening period between Armitage's departure and Melling's arrival, Mike Ward, currently the firm's finance director, will assume the role of interim CFO.

Melling joins Victrex from medical technology group Smith & Nephew where he served as interim and CFO in 2020 and was currently its senior vice-president of corporate finance and research and development.

Chief executive Jakob Sigurdsson said: "We are all looking forward to Ian joining Victrex as we continue to deliver on our polymer and parts strategy, with a strong and growing core business supported by our potentially game-changing mega-programmes. Our growth opportunities continue to build and Ian's experience will support us across industrial and also in medical, which we anticipate will become a larger part of the group in the future."