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Robin Miller (businessman)

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British businessman For other people with the same name, see Robin Miller (disambiguation).
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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.


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