Robin Miller (businessman)
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.
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 2 February 2004[2].
- 2005, HMV announced in July of this year that Sir Robin was standing down to “pursue other commitments”. [3]
- 2005, appointed non-executive Chairman of Edge Performance VCT plc.
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].
See also
References
- ^ BBC news
- ^ HMV group media information
- ^ timesonline.co.uk
- ^ The Guardian
- ^ Hansard
- ^ BBC sport
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