Thorne appointed to Smurfit Kappa board

Smurfit Kappa Group has announced the appointment of Ms Rosemary Thorne to the board as an independent, non-executive director with effect from March 20, 2008.

Ms Thorne has extensive experience as a finance director with a range of leading UK-listed public companies. She was most recently finance director for Ladbrokes.

She was previously group finance director at Bradford and Bingley plc between 1999 and 2005 and served as group finance director for J Sainsbury plc between 1992 and 1999.