Robin Miller (businessman)

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Sir Robin Miller, is a former chief of Emap, (East Midlands Allied Press), and more recently, a former chairman of HMV, taking over from Eric Nicoli [1]. He has held and still holds many executive and non-executive positions. He received a knighthood in the June 2003 Queen’s birthday Honours list.

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[edit] Career highlights

  • 1965, started in Emap as a junior reporter.
  • 1974, became Managing Director of the Emap magazine division.
  • 1985, became the Emap Group Chief Executive growing the company from £10m to £2bn.
  • 1998, appointed non-executive Chairman of Emap plc.
  • 2001, returned as Chief Executive of Emap plc.
  • 2004, appointed non-executive director and chairman of HMV, effective 2nd February 2004[2].
  • 2005, HMV announced in July of this year that Sir Robin was standing down to “pursue other commitments”. [3]

[edit] Other positions

  • Non-executive director of Channel 4 Television until 2005 [4].
  • Chairman of Sport England (Eastern Division) [5].
  • Non-executive director (1998-2001) of Moss Bros plc
  • Non-executive director of the Tote.
  • Chairman of music publisher Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Member of the WPBSA Board [6].

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1.   BBC news
  2.   HMV group media information
  3.   timesonline.co.uk
  4.   The Guardian
  5.   Hansard
  6.   BBC sport