Domtar’s CEO Williams To Retire, Steve Henry Named Successor Fort Mill, South Carolina based Domtar Corporation an- nounced that President and CEO John Williams’ retire- ment date will be June 30, 2023. Williams has planned to leave the company after fourteen years in his leadership
role; however, he will continue as a part-time advisor regarding strate- gic growth opportunities. Additionally, to continue Dom- tar’s forward momentum, Steve Henry, currently Senior Vice Pres- ident of Packaging, has been ap- pointed to the role of Executive
Steve Henry
Vice President (EVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective immediately. As EVP and COO, Henry will lead the pulp, paper and packaging operations and commercial functions at Domtar, while Williams will continue to lead all corporate functions until his retirement. Williams has served as Domtar’s President and CEO since 2009. During his tenure, he redefined the compa- ny as a fiber innovator, growing in markets like pulp, engi- neered materials, thermal paper and containerboard while exploring absorbent hygiene end uses and biomaterials. He was named CEO of the Year by RISI in 2010, Executive Papermaker of the Year by PaperAge magazine in 2012 and PIMA Executive of the Year in 2019. “On behalf of Domtar and the Management Committee, I want to thank John for his leadership and commitment to our employees, customers and communities over the past fourteen years,” said Henry. “He joined the company during a recession and has navigated ever-changing in- dustry dynamics and economic fluctuations to transform Domtar into the strong pulp, paper and packaging compa- ny that it is today. I am honored to build on his legacy and continue serving our stakeholders.” Henry is an experienced and innovative leader who is well-respected at Domtar and in the industry for his in- depth knowledge of Domtar’s manufacturing assets, his decisive nature and his people-oriented leadership style. Throughout his twenty-seven-year career in the forest products and paper industry he held a variety of mill and corporate positions at Georgia-Pacific, Weyerhaeuser and International Paper before joining Domtar in 2011. Henry served as mill manager in multiple locations during his ca- reer, being named TAPPI/PIMA Mill Manager of the Year in 2016. His most recent assignment has been to lead Domtar’s entry into the packaging business, building the business structure needed to produce and sell containerboard with a winning customer value proposition. A $350 million cap- ital project to convert Domtar’s Kingsport, Tennessee, pa- per mill to produce 600,000 tons of 100 percent recycled containerboard is expected to start up by the end of the year.
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December 12, 2022
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