DS Smith International Limited
Company 02636539 Active
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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.
3 directors on the board
- Erich Simpkins Director · appointed 2026
- Steven Wayne Hieatt Director · appointed 2025
- Stefano Rossi Director · appointed 2016
4.1y median 1.3y
average tenure
10.5y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Stefano Rossi Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Erich Simpkins Director · appointed 2026
- Steven Wayne Hieatt Director · appointed 2025
- Stefano Rossi Director · appointed 2016
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also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- William Beverley Hicks Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
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.
Professional services 17Business services 3Manufacturing 3Finance 2Transport 1Utilities 1
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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- DS Smith Display Holding Limited 2 shared directors
- DS Smith Holdings Limited 2 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- DS Smith Corrugated Packaging Limited 1 shared director
- DS Smith Paper Limited 1 shared director
- W.Rowlandson & Company Limited 1 shared director
- DS Smith Recycling UK Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 02636539 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 09/08/1991 |
| Address | LEVEL 3, 1 PADDINGTON SQUARE, LONDON, W2 1DL |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 30/04/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
82990 - Other business support service activities n.e.c.
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 Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Owns 7 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Ashton Corrugated
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - DS Smith Sudbrook Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - DS Smith Paper Limited
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - W.Rowlandson & Company Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - DS Smith Recycling UK Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - DS Smith Display Holding Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - DS Smith Italy Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Officers (24)
- Louise Rachel Meads Secretary · appointed 2026
- Erich Simpkins Director · appointed 2026
- Steven Wayne Hieatt Director · appointed 2025
- Stefano Rossi Director · appointed 2016
Show 20 former officers
- James William Lloyd Secretary · appointed 2026 · resigned 2026
- Kafayat Bisola Oluyinka Secretary · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- Iain David Cameron Simm Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- Zillah Wendy Stone Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
- William Beverley Hicks Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
- Adrian Ross Thomas Marsh Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
- David John Matthews Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
- Miles William Roberts Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
- Stephen William Dryden Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
- Gavin Mathew Morris Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
- Anne Steele Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2018
- Anthony David Thorne Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2010
- Carolyn Tracy Cattermole Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2011
- Alan John Richardson Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
- David Frank Buttfield Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2003
- John Stuart Russell Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2000
- John Peter Williams Director · resigned 2002
- Michael George Green Director · resigned 1995
- Ogilvie Alexander Stratton Director · resigned 1995
- John Michael Miller Director · resigned 1994
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