Miles Templeman
The Institute of Directors is a member-based organisation to
serve and support business leaders. They have been representing
senior level professionals since gaining the Royal Charter in
1906.
Director General
Miles Templeman began his career as a marketing specialist and
gained his pedigree leading such major consumer brands as Daz,
Ribena, Lucozade and then Levis jeans. He then moved to general
management and became Managing Director of Threshers and then the
Whitbread Beer Company.
He then had a series of non-executive directorships and
consultancy roles including Royal Mail, Ben Sherman and Accenture
before becoming Chief Executive of Bulmers, which was eventually
successfully sold to Scottish & Newcastle. Miles was also
non-executive Chairman of restaurant chain YO! Sushi between 2003
and 2008.
Alongside his IoD role, Miles is non-executive Chairman of
Shepherd Neame, the Kentish family brewer; a board member of Young
Enterprise; Enterprise Insight; and The European Confederation of
Directors' Associations (ecoDa); and a non-executive director of
Melrose plc, the buy-out specialist.