Innovia names new CEO

Innovia Group has named Mark Robertshaw as its new group chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding David Beeby who is retiring after a decade in the role.

Innovia Group has named Mark Robertshaw as its new chief executive officer (CEO), who will succeed David Beeby who is retiring after a decade as group CEO

Robertshaw is joining Innovia in late January 2015. He will complete an ‘orderly transition’ over the coming months prior to Beeby’s retirement, who is to be retained as an advisor to Innovia Group.

Robertshaw joins Innovia Group after spending the last eight years as CEO of Morgan Advanced Materials, a one billion GBP UK stock market listed international manufacturing business. Innovia said that it is ‘testimony to the quality of the business as a whole that we can attract a person of Mark’s calibre to lead Innovia through its next stage of development’.

Malcolm Fallen, Innovia chairman, said: ‘We are delighted to have attracted Mark Robertshaw to join as our new CEO. With a demonstrable track record in driving growth and performance, he also has experience of helping global businesses to enhance technology and differentiate themselves in their markets.’

Beeby, who was instrumental in the original buyout of the business from UCB and creation of Innovia in 2004, will be retiring as group CEO after 10 years. Following the change of ownership of the business in April, and given the new owners’ time frame to invest in and build on Innovia’s strengths, Beeby did not wish to commit to such a long period of future employment.

‘Today’s announcement marks a significant event in the evolution of Innovia,’ Fallen continued. ‘As we transition the leadership of the group we will lose, following David Beeby’s forthcoming retirement, a first class CEO who has been instrumental in building our business in to what it is today.

‘The business now has a truly global footprint, a proven ability to innovate and has market leading positions in all of its major market segments.’