The Board of Directors of BillerudKorsnäs has appointed Christoph Michalski as the company's new President and CEO. He will take up his new position on 1 November 2020.
Christoph Michalski has been CEO and Executive Director of the Vinda International Holding Ltd, a leading Asian manufacturer of innovative tissue and hygiene products listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He previously held various senior management positions within the SCA Group in the past. He also has experience in the FMCG sector at Unilever and Fonterra. Christoph Michalski holds a Master's degree in Economics from the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.
„Christoph Michalski is a strong leader and an experienced CEO with international experience. We are convinced that he can continue and accelerate BillerudKorsnäs“ strategic path to secure long-term value creation," says Jan Åström, Chairman of the Management Board.
„I am very excited about joining BillerudKorsnäs because I see huge potential in the company. The world is changing towards more environmentally friendly packaging and e-commerce, and BillerudKorsnäs is in exactly the right position to capture the values of this change.“ Christoph Michalski.
Lennart Holm, President and CEO of BillerudKorsnäs since November 2019, will leave his position at the end of October 2020, but will remain available to the company as an advisor until the end of 2020.
[infotext icon]BillerudKorsnäs is a leading global supplier of primary fibre-based packaging materials with customers in over 100 countries. The company has eight production units in Sweden, Finland and the UK and employs around 4,500 people in over 13 countries. BillerudKorsnäs recently achieved annual sales of around SEK 24 billion and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm[/infotext].Source: BillerudKorsnäs
