Mr. Ian Curley joined the Jefferson Smurfit Group in 1989 as Assistant Financial Controller, serving between 1991 and 1993 as personal assistant to Dr. Michael Smurfit. In 1994, he was appointed financial controller of Smurfit Continental Europe, becoming Chief Financial Officer of Smurfit Europe in 1997. He was appointed CFO of JSG on January 28, 2000 and to the JSG Board on 3rd September 2002. As per 1st December 2005 Mr. Ian Curley is Group Chief Financial Officer of the Smurfit Kappa Group.