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  • Miles Roberts

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Miles Roberts

    Joined in March 2025

    Skills, experience and contribution

    Miles has extensive financial and operational experience particularly within international manufacturing industries.  Miles brings a wide level of Board experience, together with specific experience of large, long-term capital projects, alongside a particular focus on sustainability.    Miles was group chief executive of DS Smith Plc from 2010 until the company was taken over by International Paper in January 2025.  He is currently acting as an advisor to DS Smith Limited and International Paper subsequent to that takeover.  He was previously chief executive of McBride plc having joined as its group finance director and has held non-executive positions at Aggreko plc and Poundland Group plc.  Miles became a qualified chartered accountant, after an early career in engineering. 

    Current external roles

    • Non-Executive Director of Land Securities Group PLC 

    Committee membership

    • Member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees