Smurfit Kappa Group Plc announced the appointment of Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh to the Board of Directors as an independent, non-executive director, effective 5 January 2023. Mary Lynn, an American citizen, brings a breadth of strategic, operational and commercial experience to the Board. Mary Lynn retired from Procter & Gamble in 2021 having spent over 35 years with the company.

In her time with Procter & Gamble, Mary Lynn held a number of senior leadership positions, including most recently her roles as Chief Executive Officer of Family Care (Paper Products) and P&G Ventures, positions she held since 2019 having served as Group President of Family Care (Paper Products) since 2014 and P&G Ventures since 2015. Prior to that, from 2011, she was based in Switzerland where she held the position of Group President - Western Europe and then Group President - Europe. Mary Lynn has been an independent, non-executive director of Molson Coors Beverage Company, an NYSE listed company, since 2015.