DS Smith Plc announced the appointment of Tessa Bamford to the company's board as a non-executive director, with effect from 1 January 2024. She will also join the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees of the Board. Tessa will be joining following her retirement from Spencer Stuart, a global leadership search and advisory firm, where she led the UK Board and CEO practice, working with clients in the UK and internationally.

Tessa previously held non-executive director roles at Ferguson plc for 10 years and at Barratt Developments plc for 9 years. Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Tessa was a founding director of Cantos Communications, an online corporate communications company where she also managed many of its largest client accounts. Her earlier career was as an investment banker for 18 years, which started at BZW, then Schroders, latterly as a managing director in which she worked in both the UK and US advising companies on equity capital markets and M&A.