DS Smith Plc is a provider of corrugated packaging in Europe and plastic packaging across the world. The Company's segments include UK, Western Europe, DCH and Northern Europe, Central Europe and Italy. The Company designs and manufactures taps and fitments for use in bag-in-box packaging for liquids. Its products are used for transportation of beverages, concentrates, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The Company designs and manufactures rigid packaging products for the transportation of food and drinks, healthcare products and automotive products. It also designs and manufactures foam molded, custom-designed components and packaging. It manufactures recycled paper, principally corrugated case material (CCM) or testliner. The Company also manufactures other grades of paper, such as core board and solid board. In addition, the Company offers a range of value-added services, such as recycling, and environmental audits and consultancy.

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Alan is a non-executive director of Imperial Brands plc and William Grant & Sons Holdings Limited. He is also President and Chair of the Board of the International Federation of Accountants and chairs the audit committee of the International Valuation Standards Council. Alan previously held a number of senior finance positions at [Unilever](/org/unilever) during a 30-year career, including Chief Audit Executive and Chief Financial Officer of the Global Foods Division. Prior to [Unilever](/org/unilever), Alan was Chief Financial Officer and then a non-executive director at food retailer Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, SA until April 2016.

Alan Johnson

David is currently a Non-Executive Director of easyJet plc. He was the Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at FirstGroup plc until June 2021. Prior to that he served as finance director of can-maker Rexam PLC, before its £4.3 billion acquisition by the NYSE listed, Ball Corporation, in 2016. Before his role at Rexam, David served in senior finance roles at BTR plc before becoming Group Finance Director at CMG plc in 2000 and then Chief Financial Officer at Royal P&O Nedloyd N.V. in 2004. He served as a non-executive director of the BBC between 2006 and 2010 and as chairman of their audit committee. David qualified as a chartered accountant at KPMG.

David’s strong financial, risk management and corporate finance experience combined with his international and strategic mindset and deep and practical governance experience with over 20 years serving as a director on FTSE boards means that his skills and experience add depth to the Board’s discussions in these areas.

David Robbie

Rupert Soames was appointed to the Board on 1 March 2019 as a non-Executive Director.

Rupert is currently Group Chief Executive Officer at Serco Group plc and was previously Chief Executive at Aggreko plc, and Chief Executive of Misys plc Banking and Securities Division. Until July 2016 Rupert was also Senior Independent Director of Electrocomponents plc and a member of their Remuneration, Nomination and Audit Committees.

Rupert Soames

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Iain Somm was appointed as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary on 6 June 2016.

He has previously held General Counsel and Company Secretary roles with Signature Aviation plc and P&O Ports Ltd. He undertook his legal training with Slaughter and May and worked for a number of years in their corporate and commercial department.

Iain Simm

Louise Smalley was appointed to the Board as a non-Executive Director on 23 June 2014.

She is Group Human Resources Director of Whitbread PLC. She previously worked in the oil industry, with BP and Esso Petroleum. 



Louise Smalley

Alisa Kessel was appointed to the Board on 1 May 2020 as a non-Executive Director.

Alina is a Global Client Leader at WPP, a leading international marketing communications company.  She has over 25 years of experience building global brands for large multinational clients, helping them grow their business through communications, experience, commerce and technology. Originally from the Ukraine and a US national, Alina has lived and worked in the UK, US, Australia and Germany, where she was CEO of Grey Advertising and, later, of DDB Tribal Group.

Alina Kessel

eoff is Non-Executive Chairman of Ferguson plc and a Non-Executive Director of Howden Joinery Group Plc. Geoff served for 12 years as Chief Executive of Ashtead Group plc, the FTSE 100 industrial equipment rental company. He was previously an executive director of The Laird Group plc and held a number of senior management positions at Black & Decker.

Geoff Drabble

Celia Baxter was appointed to the Board of DS Smith on 9 October 2019 as a non-Executive Director.

Celia is a non-executive director at Senior plc and RHI Magnesita N.V. At Senior plc, she is also the remuneration committee chair and the senior independent director and she is also remuneration committee chair at RHI Magnesita. Her early executive career was with Ford Motor Company and KPMG.  She has held HR positions with Hays plc, Enterprise Oil Plc, Tate & Lyle Plc and most recently was Director of Group HR at Bunzl plc. As a non-executive director, she was on the board of NV Bekaert SA until May 2020.



Celia Baxter

Adrian Marsh is the Group Finance Director at DS Smith. He was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director and as Group Finance Director on 24 September 2013.

Marsh is a non-Executive Director of John Wood Group PLC and Chair of its Audit Committee. 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. 

Adrian Marsh

Miles Roberts is the Group Chief Executive of DS Smith. He was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director and as Group Chief Executive on 4 May 2010.

Roberts is a non-Executive Director of Aggreko plc. 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. 

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