Applied Graphene Materials plc announced that Nigel Blatherwick has been appointed as Commercial Director and Dr. Adrian Potts has been appointed as Vice President Business Development for North America, with both appointments commencing during January 2015. Nigel Blatherwick was previously Strategic Marketing and Commercial Director for Cytec Engineered Materials, previously Umeco Composites, where he had global responsibility for the promotion of high performance materials, leading a team of around 30 direct staff and 15 agents/distributors. Dr. Adrian Potts previously worked at Cytec Process Materials in roles including Global Business Development Director, President of Cytec Process Materials, CA Inc. and President of Umeco Structural Materials Inc.