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DS Smith Packaging Limited
Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Previous officers 47
- Alexander Paul Stern 2023-2025 View profile
- Adrienne Liebenberg 2017-2018 View profile
- William Beverley Hicks 2015-2025 View profile
- Richard Hugh Newman 2015-2021 View profile
- Herve Colleaux 2015-2017 View profile
- Paul Jonathan Brown 2015-2022 View profile
- Gareth Paul Jenkins 2014-2017 View profile
- Richard Paul Stuckes 2013-2014 View profile
- Adrian Ross Thomas Marsh 2013-2015 View profile
- Christopher Thomas Arthur Brereton 2013-2014 View profile
- David John Matthews 2011-2014 View profile
- Gary Edward Saunders 2010-2013 View profile
- Miles William Roberts 2010-2013 View profile
- Andrew Geoffrey Clarke 2009-2011 View profile
- Alison Jane Cadwell 2009-2015 View profile
- Stephen William Dryden 2008-2013 View profile
- Robert Mclellan 2004-2010 View profile
- Alexander Manisty 2004-2015 View profile
- Anthony David Thorne 2004-2010 View profile
- Carolyn Tracy Cattermole 2004-2011 View profile
- Gavin Mathew Morris 2004-2008 View profile
- Timothy Valentine Smith 2000-2002 View profile
- Graham Christopher Button 2000-2004 View profile
- David Arthur Williams 1999-2004 View profile
- Christopher Fitzgerald Blackford 1998-2004 View profile
- Simon Lindsay Hedison 1998-2004 View profile
- Charles Robert Buxton 1998-1999 View profile
- John Arthur Lowe 1997-2004 View profile
- David Archer Fagg 1997-1998 View profile
- Alan George Fielding 1997-2002 View profile
- Roderick Charles Ainslie 1995-1997 View profile
- Andrew Tyler Smith 1994-2000 View profile
- Donald Henry Anthony Macnair 1993 View profile
- Robert Barry Redding 1996 View profile
- Martyn Leslie Wood 1998 View profile
- Reginald Desmond Coulam 1999 View profile
- Thomas Michael Watkins 2000 View profile
- Keith John Pontin 1993 View profile
- Michael John Cornish 2003 View profile
- Robert Alexander Lang 1994 View profile
- Herbert Evan Cornish 1992 View profile
- Katie Rosa Wood 2026-2026 View profile
- Kafayat Bisola Oluyinka 2025-2026 View profile
- Zillah Wendy Stone 2018-2025 View profile
- Anne Steele 2004-2018 View profile
- Richard James Fensome 2001-2004 View profile
- Mark Ian Tentori 2000-2004 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers
- Incorporated
- 18/06/1959
- Registered office
- London
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- DS Smith (UK) Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- DS Smith Packaging Limited
is controlled by DS Smith (UK) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - DS Smith (UK) Limited
is controlled by DS Smith Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - DS Smith Holdings Limited
is controlled by DS Smith Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - DS Smith Limited
is controlled by International Paper UK Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-02-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by International Paper UK Holdings Limited.
73 other companies in this group
- Multigraphics Services Limited
- DS Smith Ukraine Limited
- ST,Regis International Limited
- SRP NEW Thames Limited
- TRM Packaging Limited
- Dssh NO.1 Limited
- DS Smith Holdings Limited
- Waddington & Duval Limited
- DS Smith Paper Limited
- Tillotsons Corrugated Cases Limited
- DSS Eastern Europe Limited
- Pavidda Paper Limited
- DS Smith Italy Limited
- Avonbank Paper Disposal Limited
- TMS Global UK Limited
- DS Smith Europe Limited
- DS Smith Romania Limited
- DS Smith Finco Limited
- ST. Regis Paper Company Limited
- Multigraphics Limited
- DS Smith Basalt Limited
- Ashton Corrugated
- David S. Smith Nominees Limited
- Rapak PSI Limited
- Multigraphics Holdings Limited
- DS Smith Haddox Limited
- DS Smith Roma Limited
- A. A. Griggs and Company Limited
- Reed & Smith Limited
- Priory Packaging Limited
- Ashton Corrugated (Southern) Limited
- Total Marketing Support Limited
- DSS Poznan Limited
- W.Rowlandson & Company Limited
- The Brand Compliance Company Limited
- DS Smith Euro Finance Limited
- Calara Holding Limited
- Miljoint Limited
- Creo Retail Marketing Holdings Limited
- DS Smith Display Holding Limited
- The Wansbrough Paper Company Limited
- DS Smith Limited
- DS Smith International Limited
- DS Smith Recycling UK Limited
- ST Regis Packaging (Scotland) Limited
- DS Smith Saver Plus Trustees Limited
- David S Smith (Pension Contributions) Limited
- Grovehurst Energy Limited
- United Shopper Marketing Limited
- DS Smith Corrugated Packaging Limited
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
4 directors on the board
- Toby Paul Slater Director · appointed 2021
- Marc Chiron Director · appointed 2019
- Stefano Rossi Director · appointed 2014
- Adam David Wright Director · appointed 2025
6.4y median 6.4y
average tenure
11.8y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Marc Chiron Director · appointed 2019
- Stefano Rossi Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Marc Chiron Director · appointed 2019
Portfolio (3)
- Toby Paul Slater Director · appointed 2021
- Stefano Rossi Director · appointed 2014
- Adam David Wright Director · appointed 2025
0
also govern a charity
3
left in the last 12 months
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
Finance 3Manufacturing 3Business services 2Professional services 2
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00630681
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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