Vesuvius plc, announced the appointment of Carla Bailo as a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 February 2023. Carla joins the Board as an additional Independent Non-executive Director and will serve on the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees. Carla is an engineer with more than 40 years' experience in the automotive industry.

She has spent the past five years serving as President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research ('CAR') in the USA, a position she stepped down from at the end of September 2022. She currently serves as a non-executive Director onEVe Mobility Acquisition Corp., Advance Auto Parts Inc. and SM Energy Company.Prior to joining CAR, Carla was Assistant Vice President for Mobility Research and Business Development at The Ohio State University. She spent 25 years working at the Nissan Motor Company where she served in a variety of senior management and engineering roles, culminating as Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Americas and Total Customer Satisfaction.

Carla also spent 10 years earlier in her career with General Motors. The company also announced that Jane Hinkley will step down as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company from the close of the 2023 Annual General Meeting, after 10 years of service on the Board.