Board of Directors

Executive Directors

H R Chae
Heejae Chae joined the Board as Executive Director in September 2009 and subsequently became Group Chief Executive in November 2009. Prior to joining Scapa, Heejae was Group Chief Executive of Volex Group plc. He was previously the Group General Manager, Radio Frequency Worldwide, for Amphenol Corporation. He spent the early part of his career in finance at The Blackstone Group and Credit Suisse First Boston before moving into industry.

P Edwards
Paul Edwards joined the Board in September 2010 as Group Finance Director. Prior to joining Scapa he was Group Finance Director of NCC Group plc. Paul is a Chartered Management Accountant and MBA and spent the earlier part of his career in manufacturing, logistics and services sectors.

Non-Executive Directors

J A S Wallace
James Wallace joined the Board in August 2007 and became Chairman in October 2007. He is currently also Chairman of the Nominations Committee. An accountant by qualification, he spent the majority of his very successful executive career at Pifco Holdings PLC until 2001. James has held various Non-Executive Director positions and was Chairman of Bodycote plc from January 2002 until April 2008. Currently James is a Non-Executive Director of Manchester Airport Group plc and Cryptologic Ltd.

R J Perry
Richard Perry was appointed to the Scapa Board in June 2005 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. Richard is currently Group Finance Director of Fenner plc to which position he was appointed in 1994. He was formerly a senior audit partner with Price Waterhouse.

M C Buzzacott
Mike Buzzacott joined the Board in March 2008 and is currently Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Mike has extensive experience of the global chemicals industry where he spent 14 years in operational roles in BP Chemicals, before retiring as Group Vice President Petrochemicals in 2004. Mike is currently Non-Executive Director at Genus PLC and Croda International Plc.

Company Secretary and General Counsel

M R Stirzaker
Mark Stirzaker is a UK qualified solicitor and joined Scapa in January 2006 with responsibility for its company secretarial and legal affairs worldwide. He has extensive experience of commercial legal matters in the manufacturing industry, having previously been Head of Legal at British Vita PLC for over 20 years.

Tel: +44 (0) 161 301 7431
Fax: +44 (0) 161 301 7591
E-mail: mark.stirzaker@scapa.com

Leadership Team

Ian Marchant
Ian Marchant joined the Company in February 2010 as Group Operations Director. Prior to joining Scapa, Ian held a number of senior management positions with two international manufacturing businesses, Avon Rubber plc and General Electric Inc.

Tracy Sheedy
Tracy Sheedy joined Scapa in September 2010 as Group HR Director. Before joining the Company, Tracy was Head of Organisation and Capability Development with BAE Systems. Prior to this role Tracy held senior HR roles with ConvaTec, Georgia Pacific and Monsanto.

Ralf Seufert
Ralf Seufert joined Scapa as Group Commercial Director in October 2010. Before joining Scapa he was VP Sales & Marketing and member of the Board at Quadrant Plastic Composites AG in Switzerland. He has previously worked for GE Advanced Materials in senior management positions for global application development and sales.

Joe Davin
Joe joined Scapa as Group President Healthcare in September 2011.  He has over 30 years of experience in the medical equipment industry. His most recent role was Group President at Spacelabs Healthcare, a global provider of patient monitoring, anaesthesia, diagnostic cardiology and clinical information solutions with US$215 million in turnover.

Randy Holmes
Randy Holmes joined Scapa as Director of Global Development through the acquisition of WEBTEC Converting in December 2011. He has spent most of his professional career in contract manufacturing of adhesive backed medical devices. As Founder and CEO of WEBTEC, Randy had a vision to create a company that offered turn-key solutions to the medical device industry with a major emphasis on quality, service and employee satisfaction.