Robin_Miller_(businessman)

Robin Miller (businessman)

Robin Miller (businessman)

British businessman


Sir Robert William Miller is a former chief of Emap, (East Midlands Allied Press), and more recently, a former chairman of HMV, taking over from Eric Nicoli. 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

In 1965, Miller started in Emap as a junior reporter.

In 1998, he was appointed as non-executive chairman of Emap, and in 2001 he returned as Chief Executive of Emap. In 2004, he left Emap and was appointed non-executive director and chairman of HMV, effective 2 February 2004. In July 2005, HMV announced that Miller was stepping down to "pursue other commitments." In 2005, he was appointed non-executive chairman of Edge Performance VCT.

Other positions

  • Non-executive director of Channel 4 Television until 2005 .
  • Chairman of Sport England (Eastern Division) .
  • 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 .
  • Non-Executive Chairman of digitalbox ltd.

References

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



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Robin_Miller_(businessman), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.