Flint Group Appoints Charles Knott New Chief Executive

Knott has had a successful career leading and developing global speciality chemical companies within Unilever plc and ICI plc. Key positions that he has held include President and Chief Operating Officer of National Starch & Chemical, based in North America, and Executive Vice President Asia-Pacific, based for six years in Singapore where he developed business in all areas of the Far East, in particular in China. Most recently he has served for four years as Chairman and CEO of Quest International, a flavours and fragrances subsidiary of ICI until its sale to Givaudan in early 2007. Knott was a member of the Executive Board of ICI and is currently a non-executive director of Imperial Tobacco Group plc.