2012 China Boxboard Study: Digging One Layer Deeper

Ken Waghorne, Vice President, Paper Packaging, RISI

Ken has specialized in the paper packaging markets for RISI since 1983. He provides detailed monthly and quarterly analysis and forecasts of the North American paper packaging markets as well as single- and multi-client studies. He developed RISI's international containerboard model as well as the paper packaging models for the Latin American markets. He also produces the RISI end-use market analysis for the Paperboard Packaging Council's Trends Report on the US folding carton industry. Ken manages RISI's global packaging economic team, and directs the incorporation of the forecasts from North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America into RISI's global reports. Ken holds a Master of Science degree in Forest Economics from Virginia Tech and his Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from LSU.

Han Yao,Economist, Asian Paper Packaging, RISI

Han is responsible for managing all Asian paper packaging market analysis and forecasts, with a focus on the end-use econometric modeling as well as China paperboard market. He writes RISI's Asian paper packaging reports, including monthly commentary as well as medium- and long-term forecast reports. Han has a Master's degree in Economics from Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, New York. He also holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematical Economics.

Portia Zhao, Product Manager, RISI

Portia Zhao joined the RISI Shanghai office in 2006 and is a Product Manager specializing in cost benchmarking for the pulp and paper industry. Prior to joining RISI, Portia worked with UPM-Kymmene (Changshu) Paper Industry Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, where she was Business Intelligence Analyst for China and the Asia-Pacific region. Portia also has two years of engineering experiences working at Advance Agro Pulp & Paper Integrated Co., Ltd. in Prachinburi, Thailand. She holds a Master degree of Engineering in Pulp and Paper Technology from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; a Bachelor degree of Economics in International Economics and Trade: and a Bachelor degree of Engineering in Pulp and Paper Technology from the South China University of Technology.

Candice Song, Analyst, Asian Paper Packaging

Candice is responsible for assisting in the production of monthly packaging commentaries and quarterly forecasts. She also assists in preparing capacity reports and provides support on special projects. Candice holds a Master degree of Engineering in Pulp and Paper Technology from China National Pulp and Paper Research Institute and a bachelor degree of Engineering in Pulp and Paper Technology from Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, China.

Kevin Jiang , Project Analyst, RISI

Kevin Jiang is a Project Analyst at RISI who has participated in the China cartonboard study, China kraft paper study and China MG tissue wrapping paper study. He focuses mainly on the end-use side. Before joining RISI, Kevin worked for Pacific Millennium Paper Group Ltd. as a sales and market specialist. Prior to that, he worked in sales at a paper chemical company. He also worked as a researcher for China National Pulp and Paper Research Institute. Kevin received his bachelor degrees in pulp and paper-making from Shandong Institute of Light Industry.

David Katsnelson, Senior Economist, Macroeconomics, RISI

David is responsible for the collecting, analyzing, forecasting, and communicating macroeconomic data and its relevance to clients throughout the forest product industry. He is the editor of RISI's Monthly Economic Commentary and the Economic Outlook chapters that appear in all RISI forecasts. Prior to joining RISI, David worked at IHS Global Insight as an economist in the Country Analysis and Forecasting Group. He also consulted for the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, a think-tank in Cambridge, MA. Before that, David worked for more than a decade in the financial industry as a trader for boutique hedge funds and brokerages in New York and Boston. David received his MBA in International Economic Policy from Brandeis International Business School, and his B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Yansong Liu, Advanced Consultant, Asian Graphic Paper

Yansong Liu has more than 27 years of experience in the Chinese paper industry. From 1984 to 1999, he worked at the Packaging Corporation of the Ministry of Light Industry. We was responsible for the evaluation of new packaging projects based on imported technologies; allocation and sales of imported paper products; and drafting of national packaging standards. From 1999 to 2004, Yansong was employed by APP and was responsible for sales and marketing for all APP paper and board products in Northern China. Since 2005, he has been managing several recovered paper packing operations and is an insider and expert of the recovered paper collection business in China.