Aug 29, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. Sappi Limited, the global pulp and paper group, announced on August 28, 2007 that Mr. John (Jock) D. McKenzie will join the Sappi Limited board with effect from September 1, 2007 as a non- executive director. Mr. McKenzie (60) joins the Sappi board after having held senior executive positions globally and in South Africa. He is a former president for Asia, Middle East and Africa of the Chevron Texaco Corporation and also served as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Caltex Corporation. He holds a BSc-Chemical Engineering (Cum Laude) from the University of Cape Town and an MA from the University of Lancaster, amongst others. A global leader in the pulp and paper industry, Sappi Limited conducts its business through two business units, Sappi Fine Paper and Sappi Forest Products. Sappi Fine Paper, operating in Europe, North America and South Africa, produces a wide range of coated fine paper brands with an international reputation for quality and innovation. The company also produces a range of uncoated graphic and business papers, coated and uncoated specialty papers, as well as casting release papers. Sappi Forest Products owns or manages approximately 540 000 hectares of plantations through Sappi Forests; is a leading Southern African fully integrated pulp, packaging paper and newsprint business through Sappi Kraft; and is the world's leading producer of chemical cellulose used in the manufacture of viscose fibre through Sappi Saiccor; Sappi Trading, based in Hong Kong, operates a trading network for the international sales and distribution of the products of the two divisions outside their core operation regions.