DS Smith Plc
SMDS:LN
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Company Profile
DS Smith is an international packaging company. It is the UK's leading producer of recycled paper board and manufacturer of corrugated packaging. The company also produces corrugated packaging in various countries in continental Europe and we manufacture plastic packaging.
Classification
Sector Consumer Discretionary
Industry Containers & Packaging
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Corporate
Board of Directors
Gareth Davis
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Board on 4 January 2012 Appointed to the Board on 1 June 2010 as a non-Executive Director. He is Chairman and a member of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Skills and experience He is Chairman of both William Hill PLC and Wolseley plc. He was previously Group Chief Executive of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC. Age 65
Miles Roberts
Group Chief Executive
Appointed to the Board as an Executive Director and as Group Chief Executive on 4 May 2010 Member of the Nomination and General Purposes Committees Skills and experience He was previously Chief Executive of McBride plc from July 2005 until April 2010 having originally joined as its Group Finance Director in January 2002. He is currently a non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Poundland Group plc (appointed in October 2014). Age 51
Adrian Marsh
Group Finance Director
Appointed to the Board as an Executive Director and as Group Finance Director on 24 September 2013 Member of the General Purposes Committee Skills and experience He was previously Group Director of Tax, Treasury and Corporate Finance of Tesco PLC. Prior to this he was European CFO at AstraZeneca plc and CFO Global Building Products at Pilkington plc. Age 49
Chris Britton
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 6 March 2013 as a non-Executive Director Member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Audit Committees Skills and experience He is a non-Executive Director of Alliance Boots GmbH and manages B&B Investment Partners LLP, a specialist investment fund. He was previously CEO of the Findus Group, a privately owned frozen and chilled food company, having previously been an executive Board member and President of the Baby Division of Royal Numico until its acquisition by Danone in November 2007. Before that he worked for Diageo for 20 years in various marketing and general management positions, including his final role as global marketing director of Diageo. Age 57
Ian Griffiths
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 23 June 2014 as a non-Executive Director Member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Audit Committees Skills and experience He is Group Finance Director of ITV plc. He was at Emap plc for 8 years in various senior finance positions including as Group Finance Director from 2005 to 2008. Prior to that he was at Ernst & Young, where he worked in the corporate finance team. Age 48
Jonathan Nicholls
Senior Independent Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 December 2009 as a non-Executive Director Appointed Senior Independent Director on 4 July 2012 Chairman and member of the Audit Committee. Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees Skills and experience He was previously Group Finance Director of Hanson Plc and, most recently, Group Finance Director of Old Mutual Plc. He is a non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Great Portland Estates plc and SIG plc and was a non-Executive Director of Man Group Plc. Age 57
Kathleen O\'Donovan
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a non-Executive Director on 5 December 2012 Chairman and member of the Remuneration Committee. Member of the Nomination and Audit Committees Skills and experience She is currently Senior Independent Director of ARM Holdings plc and chairs the Audit Committee. She was previously a non-Executive Director of Prudential plc, EMI Group plc, O2 plc and Trinity Mirror plc, and Senior Independent Director of Great Portland Estates plc. She has served as a Director on the Court of the Bank of England from 1998 to 2004 and was Chief Financial Officer of BTR plc and Invensys plc from 1991 to 2002. Age 58
Louise Smalley
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as a non-Executive Director on 23 June 2014 Member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Audit Committees Skills and experience She is Group Human Resources Director of Whitbread PLC. She is a trustee of People 1st. She previously worked in the oil industry, with BP and Esso Petroleum. Age 48
Matt Jowett
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Appointed Group General Counsel and Company Secretary on 21 June 2011 Skills and experience He was previously Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of VT Group plc and prior to that he was Group General Counsel of RMC Group plc. He began his career at law firm Linklaters.