Dec 24, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. Joost Smallenbroek has been promoted to the position of CFO for the PaperlinX Group, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. Mr Smallenbroek, a resident of The Netherlands, joined PaperlinX in 2004 and is currently Corporate Finance Director for PaperlinX Europe, leading Treasury, Tax and M&A functions in that area. His earlier background was as an international tax adviser with Coopers and Lybrand (now PwC) and Ernst and Young. Based in Continental Europe, the new CFO will be well positioned to focus on the Company’s under-performing businesses in that region. “Mr Smallenbroek has a thorough understanding of the issues facing our business and has exhibited the qualities, which this Board believes, are necessary to return our business to profitability,” said Michael Barker, Chairman. PaperlinX is a leading international merchant of paper, communication materials and diversified products and services.