Niall MacDonald will take responsibility for the company's Markinch mill which has built an outstanding global reputation for producing high quality paper and boards for use in the graphical, cards, covers and premium packaging markets. The mill recently started taking all of its steam and electricity demands from a new state of the art GBP 200 million ($330 million) combined heat and power biomass plant.
The plant, which is built and run by RWE npower renewables at the Markinch site, is the largest of its type in the UK and will make a major contribution to Scotland's renewable energy targets.
Chris Parr, group chief executive of Tullis Russell commented: "Niall is an extremely valuable addition to our established executive team and his extensive leadership experience will help us to accelerate the delivery of our clear and focused strategy. Although trading conditions continue to be tough we are well placed to captialise on market opportunities and Niall will play an important part in driving this initiative."
Tullis Russell is Scotland's largest, locally headquartered, employee-owned business and has over 740 employee owners working across three international sites producing premium paper, cartonboard and specialist coatings.
