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arco Esper is to join the board of Heimbach GmbH from the
beginning of October, succeeding managing director Peter Michels, who is retiring at the end of this year after 25 years with the supplier of goods and services to the paper industry. Until then, Esper and Michels will
jointly manage Heimbach’s Paper Machine Clothing Division (PMC) to ensure a smooth transition.
chief executive on 1 January 2021 at the latest. Esper studied processing and
Marco Esper is joining Heimbach from Voith Paper
After a successful introductory period, Esper will be appointed as
process engineering (paper technology) at the Technical University of Dresden. After various positions as an engineer in technology, project management, PMC service and as sales director at Voith Paper in Heidenheim and in China, he was most recently responsible for the Products & Services Division and a board member of the Voith
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Esper in line to be chief executive at Heimbach
Paper Group Division. Thanking the customers and employees of the Heimbach Group for their “trust and cooperation”, Michels commented: “In a family business with over 200 years of tradition, I was able to play a decisive role in shaping a period of almost 25 years as managing director. We have pushed ahead with the internationalisation of the Heimbach Group and asserted our independence in a consolidating market.”
New MD for DS Smith’s recycling division
Rogier Gerritsen has been appointed as managing director of DS Smith’s Recycling Division. Reporting to Colin McIntyre, divisional chief executive for Paper & Recycling, Gerritsen will be responsible for the group’s recycling operations across Europe and managing around six million tonnes of paper each year for recycling into DS Smith’s own and partner mills.
Gerritsen succeeds Jochen Behr who is leaving DS Smith at the end of July, after more than three years managing the Recycling Division, to take up an opportunity
in Australia.
Joining DS Smith in 2012, Gerritsen has worked in senior roles in both the Packaging and Paper divisions. He is currently working as a cluster director for the Paper Division, overseeing the operational and commercial activities of some of DS Smith’s largest mills for recycled papers in Europe. He will move into his new role in October with Jonathan Silk, finance director for the Recycling Division, acting as interim managing director from August to October. “Rogier brings extensive
knowledge of paper and packaging production and this will be key in our next phase of growth,” said McIntyre. “Recyclability at the very heart of our sustainable packaging solutions and making sure we are at the forefront of hard to recycle materials is critical to maintaining and growing paper- based packaging recycling rates across Europe.” Commenting on his new role, Gerritsen said: “As we see more packaging entering household recycling streams, we must focus on making sure that the right collection infrastructure, namely
New managing director of DS Smith’s Recycling Division Rogier Gerritsen
separate collections of paper, are in place to facilitate the best quality paper possible for recycling.”
Michalski to be chief executive at BillerudKorsnäs
Christoph Michalski has been appointed as president and chief executive of Swedish paper packaging manufacturer BillerudKorsnäs, starting in November. He will be taking over from acting chief executive Lennart Holm. A German national, Michalski has been chief executive of Vinda International Holding Ltd, a leading Asian producer of high quality and innovative tissue and hygiene products. Previously he
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held a number of senior executive positions within the SCA group and he also has experience from the fmcg sector working for Unilever and Fonterra. BillerudKorsnäs chairman Jan
Åström commented: “Christoph is a strong leader and experienced CEO from the forest products industry, with a track record of leading transformational journeys towards customer and innovation focus in a global context. “His international experience is
of BillerudKorsnäs to secure long- term value creation.” Michalski said: “I see enormous
Christoph Michalski will take over as chief executive of BillerudKorsnäs in November
hard to match, and with his proven ability to create shareholder value through profitable growth, I am convinced that Christoph is a leader that can continue and accelerate the strategic journey
potential in the company. The world is undergoing a transformational shift towards environmentally-sustainable packaging and e-commerce, and BillerudKorsnäs has just the right position to capture the values in that shift. I look forward to taking on the challenge of developing BillerudKorsnäs into its full potential.”
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