Governance DS Smith Plc

SMDS

GB0008220112

Paper Packaging

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Executive Committee: DS Smith Plc

Manager

Positions heldSince

Miles Roberts

60 year

Chief Executive Officer

03/05/2010

Hugo Fisher

Investor Relations Contact

Iain Simm

General Counsel	05/06/2016
Corporate Secretary	05/06/2016

Lisa Gibson

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Richard Pike

55 year

Director of Finance/CFO

29/06/2023

Claire Dickson

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

30/04/2021

Composition of the Board of Directors: DS Smith Plc

Director

CommitteesSince

Geoffrey Drabble

64 year

Compensation Committee	31/07/2024
Nominating Committee Chair	02/01/2021
Governance Committee	31/07/2024
Nominating Committee	31/07/2024

Alan Johnson

69 year

Audit Committee	31/05/2022
HR Committee	31/12/2020
Governance Committee	31/12/2020
Compensation Committee	31/05/2022
Nominating Committee	31/05/2022

Celia Frances Baxter

66 year

Audit Committee	31/05/2023
Nominating Committee	31/05/2023
Compensation Committee Chair	31/03/2023
Compensation Committee	31/05/2023

David Robbie

60 year

Compensation Committee	16/11/2020
Nominating Committee
Audit Committee Chair
Finance Committee	16/11/2020

Tessa Bamford

65 year

Audit Committee	31/12/2023
Compensation Committee	31/12/2023
Nominating Committee	31/12/2023

Eric C. Olsen

59 year

Audit Committee	14/05/2023
Compensation Committee	14/05/2023
Nominating Committee	14/05/2023

Alina Kessel

Audit Committee	30/04/2020
Compensation Committee	30/04/2020
Nominating Committee	30/04/2020

Miles Roberts

60 year

Nominating Committee	09/09/2013
Audit Committee	18/09/2022

Richard Pike

55 year

Director/Board Member

29/06/2023

Latest Appointments: DS Smith Plc

Travis Perkins slashes dividend as profit drops ahead of new top team	08-06	AN
Travis Perkins hires new CEO plus DS Smith head as chair	07-10	AN
Travis Perkins plc Appoints Geoff Drabble as Non-Executive Director, with Effect from 1 October 2024	07-10	CI
Travis Perkins names new CEO and chair designate	07-10	RE
DS Smith Plc Announces Retirement of Louise Smalley from the Board, Effective 3 September 2024	06-19	CI
International Paper Strikes All-Stock Deal to Purchase UK-Based DS Smith	04-16	MT
International Paper Company and DS Smith Plc Announce Andrew K. Silvernail to be CEO of the Combined Company	04-16	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: DS Smith Plc

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Louise Smalley

Director/Board Member

22/06/2014

02/09/2024

Melanie Galloway

Private Equity Analyst

30/06/2020

31/10/2023

Adrian Marsh

Director/Board Member	23/09/2013	29/06/2023
Director of Finance/CFO	23/09/2013	29/06/2023

Rupert Soames

Director/Board Member	28/02/2019	05/09/2022
Independent Dir/Board Member	-	05/09/2022

Rachel Stevens

Public Communications Contact

31/07/2013

31/05/2022

Adrian Casey

Public Communications Contact

31/03/2016

28/02/2021

Gareth Davis

Director/Board Member	02/06/2010	04/01/2012
Chairman	03/01/2012	02/01/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/05/2010	02/01/2021

Christopher Paul Britton

Director/Board Member	05/03/2013	07/09/2020
Independent Dir/Board Member	05/03/2013	-

Jan Atkinson

Human Resources Officer

31/10/2019

Jonathan Nicholls

Director/Board Member	30/11/2009	02/09/2019
Independent Dir/Board Member	30/11/2009	02/09/2019

Kathleen O'Donovan

Director/Board Member	04/12/2012	02/09/2019
Independent Dir/Board Member	04/12/2012	02/09/2019

Ian Griffiths

Director/Board Member	22/06/2014	27/06/2018
Independent Dir/Board Member	22/06/2014	27/06/2018

Matt Jowett

General Counsel	03/01/2012	05/06/2016
Corporate Secretary	03/01/2012	05/06/2016

Claire Binyon

Corporate Officer/Principal

28/02/2011

31/03/2014

Philippe J. C. Mellier

Director/Board Member	30/08/2009	10/02/2014
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/08/2012	10/02/2014

Christopher Jonathan Bunker

Director/Board Member	08/12/2003	02/09/2013
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/08/2012	16/08/2012

Stephen Dryden

Director of Finance/CFO

31/03/2008

27/06/2013

Linda Bell

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2011

31/12/2012

David Matthews

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/08/2011

31/12/2012

Peter Michael Johnson

Chairman

31/12/2006

03/01/2012

Carolyn Cattermole

Public Communications Contact	09/08/2009	24/10/2009
General Counsel	03/01/2012	03/01/2012
Corporate Secretary	03/01/2012	03/01/2012

Robert G. Beeston

Director/Board Member

30/08/2009

07/12/2010

Anthony David Thorne

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/2000

03/05/2010

Richard Egerton Christopher Marton

Director/Board Member

30/08/2009

George Adams

Director/Board Member

28/01/2008

26/05/2009

Gavin Mathew Morris

Director of Finance/CFO

03/12/2007

John Peter Williams

Director/Board Member

30/10/1991

02/09/2002

Michael Pragnell

Director/Board Member

31/12/1995

31/12/1998

Richard David Brewster

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/1982

31/12/1990

Gareth Jenkins

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jorge Bonnin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Alan Taylor

Human Resources Officer

Mark Dewhurst

Corporate Officer/Principal

Simon Craven

Public Communications Contact

Peter Aubusson

Public Communications Contact

David F. Buttfield

Director/Board Member

James Hind

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

James Richard Deeley

General Counsel	14/07/2011	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	14/07/2011

Paul Morland

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Christopher James Easteal

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Liz Christie

Public Communications Contact

28/04/2010

Henry Davies

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Richard Newman

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	10
Female	6

Of which Executive Committee

Male	4
Female	2

Of which Directors

Male	7
Female	2

ESG Refinitiv

B+

Environment

Emissions

Innovation

Use of resources

Governance

CSR Strategy

Management

Shareholders

Controversy

DS Smith Plc is a leading European producer of corrugated cardboard and recycled paper industrial packaging. The group's activity is organized around two product families: - recycled corrugated cardboard packages: cardboard packing boxes, shipping packages, octabins, catering boxes, dividers, point-of-sale displays, etc.; - flat cardboards: layered cardboards and foam boards, single-layer technical-grade cardboards, special custom cardboards, protective dividers, etc. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (15.7%), France (14.8%), Italy (10.6%), Germany (9.2%), the United States (8.7%) and other (41%).

Employees

29,495

Sector

Paper Packaging

Calendar

05/12/2024 - Q2 2025 Earnings Release

Related indices

STOXX Europe 600 Index (EUR) , FTSE 100

More about the company

Departures of Key Persons

Richard David Brewster

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/1982 31/12/1990

Anthony David Thorne

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/2000 03/05/2010

Peter Michael Johnson

Chairman

31/12/2006 03/01/2012

Gareth Davis

Chairman

03/01/2012 02/01/2021

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Executive Committee: DS Smith Plc

Composition of the Board of Directors: DS Smith Plc

Latest Appointments: DS Smith Plc

Former Officers and Directors: DS Smith Plc

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

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