Sir Robert William Miller is a former chief of Emap, (East Midlands Allied Press), and more recently, a former chairman of HMV, taking over from Eric Nicoli. He has held and still holds many executive and non-executive positions. He received a knighthood in the June 2003 Queen’s birthday Honours list.
In 1965, Miller started in Emap as a junior reporter.
In 1998, he was appointed as non-executive chairman of Emap, and in 2001 he returned as Chief Executive of Emap. In 2004, he left Emap and was appointed non-executive director and chairman of HMV, effective 2 February 2004. In July 2005, HMV announced that Miller was stepping down to "pursue other commitments." In 2005, he was appointed non-executive chairman of Edge Performance VCT.