Ken Bowles

Ken was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer of Smurfit Kappa Group plc in April 2016 and was appointed a Director in December 2016. He joined the Group in 1994 and has occupied a number of finance roles in various parts of the Group. In 2004 he was appointed as the Group’s first Head of Compliance, in 2007 he became the Group’s Head of Tax and in 2010 he was appointed Group Financial Controller. Mr Bowles is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants and holds a first class MBA from the UCD Graduate School of Business. Following the merger between Smurfit Kappa and WestRock, Ken was appointed Executive Vice President and CFO and is a member of the Board