title: Robin Miller (businessman)
text: # Robin Miller (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.
  