Greif, Inc. Announces Changes to Senior Management Team
June 20 2005 - 2:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Greif, Inc. Announces Changes to Senior Management Team DELAWARE,
Ohio, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Michael J. Gasser, chairman
and chief executive officer of Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF; GEF.B), has
announced that three executive positions have been filled. Ivan
Signorelli, 52, most recently strategic business unit manager of
Latin America and Africa based in Sao Paolo, Brazil, is now senior
vice president, Industrial Packaging & Services - Europe. He is
located in Greif's European headquarters in Vreeland, Netherlands.
Michael C. Patton, 43, currently senior vice president,
Transformation Worldwide, will also head the company's Paper,
Packaging & Services business. He will take over from Executive
Vice President John Lilak, who has announced his retirement. In his
expanded role, Patton will remain based in the company's
headquarters in Delaware, Ohio. In addition to his current position
as senior vice president and general counsel, Gary Martz, 47, will
become president of Greif's timber subsidiary Soterra LLC upon
Lilak's retirement. Martz will retain his office in Greif's
headquarters. Signorelli joined Van Leer in 1992, which was
acquired by Greif in 2001. Patton joined Greif in 2000, and Martz
in 2002. All three report directly to Gasser. "Ivan, Mike and Gary
have extensive experience with Greif and are intimately familiar
with our goals, our operating system and our culture. I am
confident that they will be extremely successful in their new
assignments," Gasser said. Greif, Inc. is the world leader in
industrial packaging products and services. The company provides
extensive experience in steel, plastic, fibre, corrugated and
multiwall containers and protective packaging for a wide range of
industries. Greif also produces containerboard and manages timber
properties in North America. The company is strategically
positioned in more than 40 countries to serve global as well as
regional customers. Additional information is on the company's Web
site at http://www.greif.com/. DATASOURCE: Greif, Inc. CONTACT: Deb
Strohmaier, APR, Director, Communications of Greif, Inc.,
+1-740-549-6074, or Web site: http://www.greif.com/
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