Cookson Group plc (London, UK), an international materials technology company, announced the appointment of Nick Salmon as Group Chief Executive.

Salmon has held leadership positions within major international organizations over many years. At Babcock International plc, the engineering services group, he was chief executive from 1993 to 1997. From 1997 to 2001, Salmon was executive vice president of ABB Alstom Power and president of Alstom's Energy Sector. From 2001 until March of this year, he was executive vice president of Alstom SA.

In May, Cookson announced that Stephen Howard intended to relinquish the role of group chief executive, after the identification and appointment of a successor. Howard will step down as on July 19, and will continue as an executive director until the end of the year.

The company also announced the appointment of Jan Pieter Oosterveld as a non-executive director, with immediate effect.

Oosterveld spent his career at Royal Philips Electronics. Until his retirement in March, he was a member of the Group Management Committee, CEO of Philips Asia Pacific, Chairman of the Board of Directors of LG.Philips LCD Seoul, South Korea and Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LG.Philips Displays NV, Hong Kong.

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