Nov 17, 2005. /Lesprom Network/. Thomas Cadian was appointed International Paper senior vice-president and XPEDX (North-American distributing division) president. From April 2003 he served as International Paper European division president. Headquartered in the United States, International Paper is the world's largest paper and forest products company. Businesses include paper, packaging, and forest products. As one of the largest private forest landowners in the world, the company manages its forests under the principles of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (R) (SFI) program, a system that ensures the continual planting, growing and harvesting of trees while protecting wildlife, plants, soil, air and water quality.