ATLANTA, Jan. 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), a
leading provider of consumer packaging, today named Mark Connelly Senior Vice President, Investor
Strategy and Development. This new role augments Graphic
Packaging's outreach capability with an aim to expand and diversify
the company's investor network globally.
Connelly brings more than 20 years of experience as a securities
analyst and strategy consultant. He will report to Graphic
Packaging's Chief Financial Officer Stephen
Scherger and work closely with Melanie Skijus, who will continue to lead the
company's investor relations function.
"In the past several years, we dramatically reshaped our company
to offer a full spectrum of sustainable packaging for consumers'
everyday needs, both at home and on the go," said Michael P.
Doss, President and Chief Executive Officer at Graphic Packaging
Holding Company. "Mark's perspective, rooted in more than two
decades of critical industry analysis, will help us fine-tune and
extend the reach of this exceptional value creation story."
Connelly's analytical work on capital deployment and strategy
helped inform a generation of investors in the paper and packaging
sectors.
"The paper and packaging industries continue to evolve, while
customer needs and consumer preferences are shifting faster than
many appreciate," Connelly said. "The implications for
strategy and capital allocation make decisions increasingly more
complex. I am both impressed and excited by the choices Graphic
Packaging's leadership team is making and by the opportunity that
creates for all our stakeholders."
About Graphic Packaging Holding Company
Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK),
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is committed to providing consumer
packaging that makes a world of difference. The Company is a
leading provider of sustainable, fiber-based packaging solutions to
food, beverage, foodservice, and other consumer products companies.
The Company operates on a global basis, is one of the largest
producers of folding cartons and fiber-based foodservice packaging
in the United States and Europe and holds
leading market positions in coated recycled paperboard (CRB),
coated unbleached kraft paperboard (CUK) and solid bleached sulfate
paperboard (SBS). The Company's customers include many of the
world's most widely recognized companies and brands. Additional
information about Graphic Packaging, its business and its products
is available on the Company's website
at www.graphicpkg.com.
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