Cookson Electronics CEO Sharpe resigns.

Cookson Group plc (London, UK, www.cookson.co.uk) has announced that Raymond Sharpe, chief executive officer of the electronics division, has resigned his position and left the company. Sharpe will join Texas Pacific Group, the equity firm that recently agreed to buy Isola Laminate Systems. On May 12, Isola terminated its CEO, Michael Kowalski, and CFO, Dr. Peter Gaydoul. Sharpe will be the new CEO.

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Sharpe has agreed with the board of Cookson to continue to assist the company as required for a short period. Group chief executive Stephen Howard will assume direct responsibility for the electronics division.

Cookson Group's electronics division is a manufacturer and supplier of materials and services to the electronics industry, primarily serving fabricators and assemblers of printed circuit boards, assemblers of semiconductor packaging and the electrical and industrial markets.