The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has elected International Paper chairman & chief executive officer Mark Sutton as the new AF&PA board chair and released its 2020 slate of AF&PA board officers. Paper and wood product industry leaders participated in the association’s winter board of directors meeting in Washington, D.C.
Sutton became chairman of the International Paper board of directors on January 1, 2015, and chief executive officer on November 1, 2014. Immediately prior to becoming chief executive officer, he served as president and chief operating officer with responsibility for leading the company’s global businesses. Sutton has been with the company his entire career, having joined International Paper in 1984, as an engineer at the Pineville, Louisiana mill. Sutton also serves on the board of directors for The Kroger Company. He is a member of the Business Council, the Business Roundtable Board of directors, and the international advisory board of the Moscow School of Management – Skolkovo. He also serves on the board of directors for Memphis Tomorrow and the board of governors for New Memphis Institute.
The additional elected officers are: Michael Doss, president & chief executive officer, Graphic Packaging International, Inc. (first vice chair) and Christian Fischer, president & chief executive officer, Georgia-Pacific LLC (second vice chair). Pete Watson, president and chief executive officer, Greif, Inc. and 2019 AF&PA board chair, will serve as immediate past chair.
Also beginning a new term as an AF&PA board member in 2020 is Michael Haws, president and chief executive officer, Sappi North America.
Published in the April 2020 Edition