(Reuters) - Morgan Advanced Materials Plc (>> Morgan Advanced Materials PLC) said on Friday it had appointed Pete Raby as chief executive, effective Aug. 1.

Raby is presently president of Cobham Plc's (>> Cobham plc) communications and connectivity sector, Morgan Advanced Materials said.

The maker of insulation products, which last month spurred a takeover offer from ceramic mould maker Vesuvius Plc (>> Vesuvius PLC), said in late September that its Chief Executive Mark Robertshaw would step down.

Kevin Dangerfield will remain as interim CEO until Raby assumes office.

(Reporting by Esha Vaish in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)

Stocks treated in this article : Cobham plc, Morgan Advanced Materials PLC, Vesuvius PLC