Tony Smurfit, Group CEO Designate, added: "I am honoured to accept the trust the Board has placed in me and am committed to building on the team's outstanding contribution under Gary's leadership. We have a clear vision for Smurfit Kappa and a highly regarded, performance-oriented, management team to sustain that vision. Our balance sheet strength and cashflow generation capability will enable us to accelerate our evolution towards an ever more successful, market-led, customer centric packaging company.”
The Smurfit Kappa Group is Europe's leading corrugated packaging company and one of the leading paper-based packaging companies in the world.