(USA), MBA
Michael Roney was appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director, Deputy Chairman and Chairman Designate on 1 May 2016 and assumed the role of Chairman on 1 January 2017.
He was Chief Executive of Bunzl from 2005 until his retirement in April 2016. Prior to joining Bunzl he was Chief Executive Officer of Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe having previously been President of Goodyear's Eastern European, African and Middle Eastern businesses.
He was appointed Non-Executive Director, Deputy Chairman and Chairman Designate of Next plc, the FTSE 100 listed UK retailer, with effect from 14 February 2017 and took up the role of Non-Executive Chairman of Next plc on 1 August 2017. He is Non-Executive Director of Brown-Forman Corporation, the US based spirits business, and was formerly Non-Executive Director of Johnson Matthey Plc.