Chair

As an Employee-Owned company with innovation, diversity and partnership at the heart of our company’s ethos, Scott & Fyfe have been designing and producing a vast range of technical textiles for numerous market areas worldwide for 160 years. We aim to earn partners for life by delivering unique materials solutions globally. 

Our expertise lies in the creation of technical textiles and materials technology. We are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved, from engineering fabrics that reinforce structures to producing sustainable materials that reduce environmental impact.  

With a dedicated team, a relentless pursuit of innovation, and a network of global partners, we empower our clients to meet their unique challenges and seize new opportunities. 

We export 95% of our products to customers around the globe and have huge growth potential into new markets including Oil & Gas, Pipe re-lining and others. 

We are seeking a dynamic and well-connected Chair who can help lead, guide and support our strategy and to deliver value to the shareholders.  The Chair will provide strategic leadership to the Senior Leadership Team and the Managing Director, ensuring that our mission, vision and values are lived and communicated. The successful candidate will have the support of a high performing and very capable executive team. 

Candidates are likely to have an appreciation of manufacturing and a global outlook as well as governance experience at a strategic level, ideally from a previous NXD or Chair role.   

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established and growing Scottish organisation and really impact its future success and we look forward to hearing from you.