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Bath-headquartered global engineering group Rotork has appointed a former senior independent director of the Bank of England as its next chair.

Dorothy Thompson, pictured, who has wide experience on the boards of international energy businesses, joins the group as an independent non-executive director and chair designate. 

She will replace current chair Martin Lamb when he steps down after nine years on Rotork’s board at the group’s annual general meeting next April.

Bath’s largest manufacturing business, Rotork manufactures flow control equipment for the global oil, gas, water and chemical industries.

Dorothy Thompson, an economist by background who started her career at American Express, is currently a non-executive director of Eaton Corporation, a leading global power management company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and of the InstaVolt group, a H