FBA Announces Christian Fischer To Keynote 2024 FBA Annual Meeting Fibre Box Association (FBA) has announced that Christian Fischer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Geor- gia-Pacific, will deliver the State of the Corrugated Industry
executive vice president of the packaging and cellulose segment, responsible for GP’s containerboard and kraft paper, corrugated packaging, bleached board and cellu- lose (pulp) businesses for seven years. Fischer serves on the Board of Directors for the Amer- ican Forest & Paper Association and is a member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce board of directors and The Board of Councilors for The Carter Center. PPEC Congratulates Serge Desgagnes On His Retirement The Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Coun- cil (PPEC) extended its congratulations to Serge Des- gagnes of member company Kruger Inc. as he embarks on his retirement after more than four decades of working in Canada’s paper packaging and containerboard industry.
as keynote speaker for the upcom- ing 2024 FBA Annual Meeting to be held May 6-8 at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida. Fischer, named this year’s re- cipient of PaperAge’s 37th annual “Executive Papermaker of the Year” award, formerly served as the chair-
Christian Fischer
man and a member of the FBA’s Board of Directors. The association welcomes him back to deliver the state of the industry address which has become a long-standing tradition at FBA. In selecting Fischer for the PaperAge award, the pub- lication highlighted his leadership in guiding Georgia-Pa- cific to significantly invest in its business, employees, and the communities where they operate to create long-term value for the company and its customers. Fischer began his career with Georgia-Pacific in Europe in 1989 as a market pulp sales manager. In addition to En- glish, he speaks German, Portuguese and Spanish. He as- sumed his current role in 2017 and previously served as
Serge has been a long-standing supporter, member, and board direc- tor of PPEC. His contributions to rep- resenting the environmental inter- ests of the industry, his expertise of recycling and containerboard mills,
Serge Desgagnes
and his steadfast commitment to environmental sustain- ability have been greatly appreciated and will be missed.
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