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Mike Humphrey is the former CEO of Croda International plc. He was appointed to the Board of Croda in 1995 and became Group Chief Executive at the beginning of 1999. He joined Croda in 1969 as a management trainee and was appointed Managing Director of Croda Singapore in 1988, Croda Application Chemicals in 1990 and Croda Chemicals in 1991. Mike joined IP Group’s board in 2011. He retired from Croda at the end of 2011.