2011 SEMINAR SPEAKERS

Joachim Klein
Founder/Managing Director
StepChange Consulting

Mr. Klein is of German–Swedish origin and holds a master's degree in business administration. Over the past 9 years he has worked with global companies in the sector to define strategies, improve performance, transform supply chains and integrate acquired companies. Prior to founding StepChange, he worked for 10 years as a management consultant with a large international management consulting and technology firm, where he was operationally responsible for building the pulp and paper consulting practice. In addition to his specialization in the forest, pulp & paper industry, Mr. Klein has consulting experience from a wide range of other industries.

Kurt Schaefer
Vice President, Fiber
RISI

Kurt heads up RISI's analysis of the pulp and recovered paper segments of the industry. His primary responsibilities are focused on the area of papergrade pulp. He publishes a monthly commentary and forecast on the world pulp market, World Pulp Monthly. He also produces RISI's long-term pulp forecasts, focusing on variables such as pulp consumption, capacity, production, production costs, and pricing. In 2009, Kurt helped to develop RISI's Outlook for Global Recovered Paper Markets, a successful multi-client study. In 2010, he is leading a team of RISI analysts and economists doing a multi-client study of China's fiber markets. Just prior to joining RISI, Kurt was Director of Pulp & Paper Forecaster. As the sole economist working on Forecaster, he was responsible for forecasting prices and market conditions across all of the major grades of paper and paperboard in North America. His work on Forecaster included developing detailed end-user driven demand models for the key grades, including newsprint, coated papers, and containerboard. He also directed a number of projects, including a major long–term study of global newsprint markets. In 1995, he received the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He jointed RISI in January, 1996.

Rupert Taylor
Director, Sector Advisory
RBS Global Banking & Markets

Rupert is a Director in Royal Bank of Scotland’s Global Banking & Markets Global Industrials Group with responsibility for Pulp, Paper and Packaging in EMEA. Rupert provides clients with sector-specific advice on mergers and acquisitions, and raising financing in the equity and debt capital markets, both within EMEA and beyond. He has also advised members of the UK parliament and UK government special advisors on banking and capital markets. Rupert has over 10 years experience in investment banking and financial services and has a BSc in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Bristol.

Gary Helik
Director, N.A. Pulp & Paper Division
Tradition Financial Services

Gary has held several senior positions in finance, consulting, and marketing primarily related to the pulp and paper industry. Over a decade ago he joined Tradition Financial Services, one of the world's largest interdealer brokers in over-the-counter financial and commodity related products, to develop the emerging pulp and paper derivatives market. During the 1990’s he led the Market and Business Strategy practice for Poyry in New York. He was responsible for a number of strategic, M&A, and multi-client assignments covering all aspects of the forest products industry. In his earliest industry career, Gary held marketing management positions in Domtar’s paper businesses. Gary holds Bachelor (marketing) and MBA degrees (finance and accounting) from McGill University. He is a licensed commodity futures broker in the US.

Roger Hagen
Vice President and General Manager
RockTenn, Solvay Mill

Roger Hagan is responsible for maintaining and improving Solvay Mill's containerboard production; developing and executing profit enhancing capital projects; sourcing low cost waste paper; optimizing outside sales value and grade structure; and determining a long term energy strategy. With a 25-year career in the pulp and paper industry, Hagan is a proven leader with a diverse experience base. He achieved the best safety record three out of seven years and led the first major paper mill to achieve one million work hours injury free. Prior to joining RockTenn, he held General Manager assignments in five different mills. Hagan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Pulp and Paper Science from the University of Washington and a master’s in Paper Chemistry from the Institute of Paper Chemistry. He is a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Tomasz Katewicz
Member of the Management Board, Director of Production
Mondi

Mr Tomasz Katewicz (46 years) graduated from the Technical University of Gdansk (1988), Faculty of Machine Building. After graduation he worked as a Programmer and Digital Controlled Machine Treatment Process Engineer. From 1995 he was in charge of logistics and purchasing as a Purchase Manager at Stomil Olsztyn S.A. (Michelin Poland) and Gestra Polonia Sp. z o.o. (Invensys). He joined the Swiecie Mill in 2000, holding the positions of the Head of Purchasing Department and then the Purchasing Director. He has been the Director of Production since 2004 until now. He has been the Member of the Management Board of the Company since 17 March 2006.

Bill Moore
President
Moore & Associates

Mr. Moore is president of Moore & Associates, an international consulting firm engaged in providing a range of strategic services to the paper recycling industry. Prior to his many years as a consultant, he held a series of positions in the solid waste, paper and recycling industries. These included founder and vice president of Paper Recycling International (a joint venture of Stone Container) and director of recycling for Waste Management, Inc. He was responsible for the startup of Waste Management's "Recycle America" program, the largest introduction of recycling services in the United States. Mr. Moore's knowledge base includes all aspects of the worldwide supply and demand of recovered paper.

Marco Mensink
Deputy Director General
CEPI

Marco Mensink holds a Masters of Science Degree in Forestry and Business Management from the Agricultural University of Wageningen in the Netherlands.

Before joining CEPI in March 2006, he worked for 6 years as Energy & Environment Director at the Royal Netherlands’ Paper and Board Association, also representing the Dutch industry in Brussels.

Mr Mensink started his career at Ernst & Young Management Consulting, working there for six years in Environmental Management and assessing the environmental issues in mergers and acquisitions.

As CEPI's Deputy Director General, he is responsible for Public Affairs and the Climate Change and Energy issues vis a vis the EU institutions, presenting the industries interests.

Key energy issues at the moment are the 2050 roadmap to a low carbon economy, the 2050 Energy Roadmap, the future EU Emission Trading System, Energy Effficiency and issues surrounding bio-energy production and consumption. On behalf of CEPI, he is the chairman of the FTP Biorefinery taskforce and part of the Business Europe delegation for the UNFCCC Cop meetings. CEPI is chairing the Alliance for Competitive Industries and an active member of the Alliance of energy intensive industries in Brussels.

Mr Mensink is a Dutch national, born in 1968, married and has three children. He is now living in Brussels.

Maximo Pacheco
Senior Vice President, International Paper
President of International Paper, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia

Máximo Pacheco joined International Paper in 1994 as Executive Vice President for Chile and Latin America of Carter Holt Harvey. In 2000 he was appointed President of International Paper Latin America. Between 2004 and 2009, he was the President of International Paper do Brasil based in Sao Paulo and responsible for the business in Latin America.

Since January 2010, Máximo is the President of International Paper Europe, Middle East and Africa and has been a Senior Vice President of International Paper Co. since 2005. International Paper Co. is a global paper and packaging company with markets and manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia and North Africa. In 2010 the net sales were US$ 25 billion.

In Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), International Paper focuses on the production and marketing of office papers and paper-based packaging. The company is a leading supplier of cutsize paper in the office paper segment. It has manufacturing locations in seven countries with a total production capacity of 4 million tons of paper, pulp and board products. In 2010, the region had sales over US$ 3 billion and 10,000 employees.

Before joining IP he worked in Chile for Banco de Chile (1983-1990) and was the Chief Operating Officer of Codelco (1990-1994).

He earned a Business Engineer degree and MBA in Economy from Universidad de Chile.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of:
• Ilim Group. This company is Russia’s largest pulp and paper producer with business assets located in the Leningrad, Arkhangelsk and Irkutsk Oblasts being the largest mills in the Russian forest products industry accounting for more than 65% of the total pulp production in Russia and over 25% of the Russian board production. The total annual pulp and paper production volume of Ilim is more than 2.3 million tons. The Group employs over 20.000 people and is a 50:50 joint venture between International Paper and Russian partners, formed in October 2007.
• Etex Group, a privately owned Belgian industrial group operating in the high-quality building materials in 42 countries.
• Santiago Cityhall Theater in Chile.

Gareth Ward
Editor
Print Business Magazine

Gareth has been writing about developments in the graphic arts industry since 1984, editing Printing World for much of that time. He now edits and publishes Print Business, the leading UK based monthly for the printing industry. He has written about the arrival of the Apple Mac, sparking the desktop publishing revolution, and the rise of digital printing technologies. Gareth has acquired a worldwide reputation for the knowledge and analysis that is clear in the articles he writes.

Per-Ove Nordström
Senior Expert
McKinsey & Company

Per-Ove Nordström is a senior expert at McKinsey & Company's Basic Materials Practice. Since joining the Firm in 1999, he has worked with pulp and paper companies across all continents. He has extensive experience from strategy, corporate finance and industry structure issues.

In addition to traditional pulp and paper companies, he has also works with other stakeholders in the industry like machine suppliers, chemicals suppliers, timberland companies, banks, financial investors, owners, governments etc.

Prior to joining McKinsey, he spent 13 years with major Nordic investment banks as a stock market analyst where responsibilities included following industry trends, financial analysis and corporate finance advisory. Per-Ove holds a M.Sc. from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Martyn Eustace
MD, Newvizion Consulting Ltd
Director, Two Sides
European Sustainability Manager and UK Country Manager, Print Power

During his long career in the paper industry, Martyn Eustace has gained a wealth of experience having held a variety of senior management positions.

After a period in manufacturing with Domtar, Martyn moved to distribution as CEO of Howard Smith Paper, now part of the PaperlinX Group, and in 2004 he joined Map Merchant Group as CEO of Premier Paper, where he was responsible for leading a highly successful business recovery and turnaround.

Martyn is a member of PwCs' turnaround panel and is Managing Director of Newvizion, an independent business consultancy. In 2008 he developed the Two Sides sustainability initiative and he is currently the European Sustainability Manager and UK Country Manager for Print Power, an initiative to promote the sustainability and effectiveness of the Graphic Communications Value Chain.

Martyn is currently President of the UK Paper Industry Charitable Trust and has been President of the UK's National Association of Paper Merchants (NAPM). He has served on the Board of EUGROPA, the European Paper Merchants Association and is presently a Council member of PRIMA, the Paper and Related Industries Marketing Association. He will deliver the keynote speech at the IGAS Graphic Arts event in Tokyo in September 2011.

Larry Tracy
Program Director
HP

Mr. Tracy has been involved in the HP printing business for over 30 years. His experience includes development for early LaserJet's including the LaserJet Classic, HP's first MFP (the HP Mopier) and entry into Color Laser printing. Mr. Tracy has also managed go-to-market and business development programs for products ranging from DeskJet's to HP's SuperDome computer. Mr. Tracy also managed teams in the Publishing business responsible for Workflow, Digital Front Ends and Partner programs for Indigo printing systems. Most recently, Larry managed a new business development team to rollout initial solutions for InkJet Digital presses, Book Printing systems and other new business incubations for IPG. Mr. Tracy currently manages Business InkJet Product development as well as the ColorLok program for HP.

John Sanderson
Director, Environmental Market Support
UPM

Since graduating from the University of Wales 23 years ago with a degree in Wood Science & Forestry John has worked exclusively for UPM.

As the frontrunner of the new forest industry, UPM is leading the integration of bio and forest industries into a new, sustainable and innovation-driven future, developing products made of renewable raw materials.

UPM comprises of three Business Groups: Energy and pulp, Paper, and Engineered materials, with sales in 2010 € 8.9 billion. UPM has production plants in 16 countries and employs approximately 22,000 people worldwide.

Early years of John's career were spent in the minimization and control of environmental impacts at UPM Shotton Paper in North Wales, the UK’s largest integrated paper mill. Following a 2 year secondment to Finland carrying out research into waste paper recycling, water treatment, and process efficiency studies at UPM Jamsa River mills, John returned to the UK to take on the role of Head of Sustainable Development for UPMs UK business. This period saw the development of the Shotton mill from its original design as a 100% virgin fibre mill, to its current status as a 100% recycled fibre mill with its own renewable energy generation. The UPM Shotton mill has gone on to be awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise in Sustainability.

Increasing environmental focus and concern by UPM's customers has lead to an unprecedented increase in the demand for environmental education, commitment and performance by their suppliers. And hence John's current role as Director of Global Environmental Market Support aims to meet this market interest head on by educating customers and end users about the sustainability credentials of the industry, and specifically UPMs position as a forerunner in this area.

Jim Ford
Director
Climate for Ideas

Mr. Ford is a policy advisor to several NGOs and companies on forest, trade and climate change issues, a member of both the North American and European Environmental Paper Network Steering Committees and has served on several technical working groups for the Forest Stewardship Council and other bodies. He is currently the Executive Director of Climate for Ideas, based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Mr. Ford has lived and worked on forest issues and undertaken forest products research in Russia, Canada, Finland, the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands as well as his native United States.

Mr. Ford studied in the Masters of Environmental Science (Conservation Biology) and Masters of Public Affairs (Policy and Economics) at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He has also studied at the Delft Technological University, the Netherlands, and L’Université de Paul Valery in Montpellier, France, and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His graduate thesis was entitled "Carbon Sequestration in Forests, System-wide Effects and the Kyoto Protocol."

Hannah Zhao
Economist, Recovered Paper
RISI

Hannah Zhao Joined RISI in 2009 as an economist. Her responsibilities at RISI are focused on the area of world recovered paper and Chinese pulp market. She is in the process of taking over responsibilities of recovered paper analysis of RISI. She contributes to the monthly commentary, quarterly forecast and long-term forecast on the world recovered paper market.

Hannah holds a Master of Science degree in Resource Economics from University of Rhode Island, and her Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from Beijing Normal University, China.

Derek Mahlburg
Economist, Graphic Paper
RISI

Derek Mahlburg is an economist for the RISI North American graphic paper service, assisting with the North American forecasts and commentaries. His responsibilities include maintaining the North America and World Capacity Reports, and he has played a key role in various studies.

Derek completed his undergraduate education at the University of Kansas, where he majored in Economics, and holds a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Missouri.

Ville Henttonen
Product Manager, Benchmarking
RISI

Ville Henttonen is a Senior Product Manager in RISI's Cost Benchmarking Services. Ville holds a Master of Science degree in Forest Products Technology from Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. Since joining RISI in 2005, Ville has worked on various cash manufacturing cost analyses, using proven methodology to estimate cost competitiveness of pulp and paper mills. His recent publications include competitive cost studies of EMEA packaging, tissue and fine paper grades.