Michael James Roney (born July 13, 1954) is an American businessman. He was the chief executive of

Bunzl Bunzl plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational distribution and outsourcing company headquartered in London, England. The activities of the company have changed a number of times during its existence, frequently incorporating ...

plc, a British multinational distribution and

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company, from 2005 to 2016. He has been the chairman of

Next plc Next plc (styled as NEXT) is a British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer, which has its headquarters in Enderby, England. It has around 700 stores, of which circa 500 are in the United Kingdom, and circa 200 across Eu ...

and

Grafton Group Grafton Group plc is a builders merchants business based in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was established by William Chadwick as Chadwi ...

since 2017.

Early life

Michael Roney was born on July 13, 1954. He was educated in Roman Catholic private schools in

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...

, Michigan. He graduated with an MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business,

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

in 1981.

Career

Roney began his career as an accountant from 1978 to 1980. He worked for the

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, motorcycles, S ...

from 1981 to 2005. Roney became a non-executive director of Bunzl in June 2003. In October 2005 he became CEO. He stood down as CEO in April 2016, and was succeeded by

Frank van Zanten Frank Andre van Zanten (born February 1967) is a Dutch businessman, the CEO of Bunzl since April 2016. Early life Frank Andre van Zanten was born in February 1967. He has an MBA degree from the Rotterdam School of Management. Career Van Zanten ...

. Roney was a non-executive director of

Johnson Matthey Johnson Matthey is a British multinational speciality chemicals and sustainable technologies company headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History Early years ...

plc from 2007 until 2014 and is a non-executive director of Brown-Forman Corporation. In July 2016, Roney became a non-executive director of Azelis, the global speciality chemicals distributor. Roney has been the chairman of

(succeeding John Barton) and

since 2017.

Personal life

Roney met his future wife in Argentina. They have four children, and they reside in

St John's Wood St John's Wood is a district in the City of Westminster, London, lying 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Charing Cross. Traditionally the northern part of the ancient parish and Metropolitan Borough of Marylebone, it extends east to west from ...

, London, U.K.

References

1954 births Living people American expatriates in England American chief executives American accountants American corporate directors Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company people Businesspeople from Detroit People from St John's Wood Ross School of Business alumni 20th-century American businesspeople Bunzl people {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub