WestRock Names Colander Chief Sustainability Officer
vance our work to imagine and deliver a more sustainable future. I am very pleased that she is joining us on our sus- tainability journey.” Colander brings to WestRock a cross-section of expe- rience that spans the private, government and nonprofit sectors. Colander was most recently a principal at The Ra- ben Group, leading teams to advance client public policy goals. She has worked as head of external relations with Charter Communications, where she created diverse part- nerships and oversaw philanthropic investments. Colander has also served as a Deputy Assistant Secre- tary for Land and Minerals Management at the U.S. Depart- ment of the Interior and Deputy General Counsel for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, advising on environmental laws and policies across federal agen- cies with diverse stakeholders. Before joining the Execu- tive Office of the President, she was an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Norcross, Georgia based WestRock has named Brandi Colander to its executive leadership team as Chief Sus-
tainability Officer. Colander further strengthens WestRock’s commit- ment to sustainability, both within the company and in the packaging solutions it provides its customers. “WestRock is committed to a world in which fiber-based pack- aging plays a central role in ad- vancing the circular economy,”
Brandi Colander
said Steve Voorhees, Chief Executive Officer of WestRock. “As we work in partnership with our customers, I am con- fident that Brandi’s extensive experience will help us ad-
“I’m very pleased to be joining the West- Rock team, a company that recognizes the important role it has to play in realizing a sus- tainable future,” said Colander. “As we contin- ue to meet the needs of evolving consump- tion trends and behaviors, we are listening to the customers, consumers and other critical stakeholders who expect us to operate with future generations in mind. Aligning our en- vironmental, social and governance priori- ties with the products we produce inherently drives efficiency and market value. That is the circular economy at work.” MacDermid Adds Schimmack As Sales Director, EMEA Atlanta, Georgia based MacDermid Graphics Solutions has announce the appointment of Dirk Schimmack as Sales Distribution Direc- tor, EMEA. With this appointment, MacDermid adds a strategic resource for MacDermid’s network of distributors throughout the re- gion. Most recently, Schimmack held the Re- gional Sales Director role at Flint Group. He has over 17 years in the graphics supply chain with significant experience in flexographic printing plates and workflows and interna- tional distributor management. “We have an aggressive strategy to grow MacDermid in the EMEA region and our dis- tributors are key to this growth,” said Matt Bennett, Vice President, EMEA of MacDer- mid Graphics Solutions. “With the addition of Dirk, we can now better partner with our dis- tributors to provide value to our customers and the entire graphics supply chain.”
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