Management team

	David Hathorn, Chief executive officer David Hathorn graduated in commerce from the University of Natal and qualified as a chartered accountant at Deloitte & Touche. He joined Anglo American plc in 1989 as a divisional finance manager, moved to Mondi in 1991 and went on to serve as finance director and then general manager of Mondi Europe until 2000, when he was appointed chief executive officer of the Mondi Group. At Anglo American plc, David was a member of the executive committee from 2003 and an executive director from 2005 and served on the boards of a number of companies, including De Beers, Anglo Platinum and Anglo Coal. He oversaw the demerger of Mondi and its dual listing in London and Johannesburg in 2007. David is a member of the DLC sustainable development committee and chairs the DLC executive committee.
	Paul Hollingworth, Chief financial officer Paul Hollingworth graduated in commerce and accountancy from the University of Witwatersrand and qualified as a chartered accountant at Meyer, Wilson and Marsh. He then spent eight years with international food and distribution group Unigate, holding a number of senior financial positions and finishing as group controller. He went on to become finance director of several listed companies including Ransomes plc and De La Rue plc. In 2002 Paul joined BPB plc, a leading international building materials group and world leader in plaster-board. BPB was the subject of a takeover offer from Saint Gobain and, after helping to oversee the transition of BPB’s financial management to Saint Gobain, Paul left the Group in February 2006. He joined Mondi in June 2006 as chief financial officer, to assist with the listing and demerger from Anglo American plc and to lead the finance function. He is responsible for the Group’s financial strategy, planning, financial controls and associated systems and processes. Paul is due to join Electrocomponents plc as a non-executive director on 1 May 2008.
	Peter Oswald, CEO Europe & International division Peter Oswald graduated in law and business administration from the University of Vienna, beginning his career with Deutsche Bank and automotive company KTM. He joined the Frantschach Group in 1992, initially as head of internal audit, later as corporate controller. After serving as chief executive of the bag and flexibles business from 1995 to 2001, overseeing its recovery and sevenfold growth, Peter was appointed chief executive of Mondi Packaging Europe in 2002, leading its subsequent integration with Frantschach and recently-acquired Bauernfeind into the new Mondi Packaging division. At the beginning of 2008 Peter joined the Boards of Mondi Limited and Mondi plc as chief executive officer of the Group’s Europe & International division, comprising all the former Mondi Packaging and Mondi Business Paper operations outside South Africa. In May 2008 he was elected to the Supervisory Board of Telekom Austria AG.
	Andrew King, Group strategy & business development director Andrew King graduated in commerce from the University of Cape Town and qualified as a chartered accountant at Deloitte & Touche in 1994. He joined Minorco, the international arm of Anglo American, as a financial analyst in 1995 and subsequently assumed responsibility for the group’s investment management activities. He transferred to Minorco’s corporate finance department in 1998, working on a number of group M&A activities before being appointed vice president of Anglo American Corporate Finance in 1999. His key assignments included the restructuring of the relationship with De Beers, the reorganisation of the Mondi Europe Group and Mondi’s acquisition of Syktyvkar Paper Enterprises. Andrew was appointed Mondi’s vice president of business development in 2002 and corporate development director in 2004. He served as chief financial officer of Mondi from June 2005 to May 2006, when he was appointed to his present role. He was heavily involved in the listing process and establishment of the Group’s dual listed corporate structures.
	Peter Machacek, CEO Uncoated fine & kraft paper Europe & International division Peter Machacek graduated in business administration from the University of Vienna in 1976 and began his career with Kienzle Datasysteme and Tetra Pak in Austria. In 1981 he moved to the Frantschach Group as sales and marketing manager of the group’s converting business. In 1988 Peter became sales director of Patria Papier & Zellstoff, the sales company for the Frantschach paper mill, and was shortly afterwards appointed to the management board of the mill. In 2000 he became executive vice president of Mondi Packaging Paper, responsible for the Frantschach, Štĕti, Dynäs and Świecie paper mills, and subsequently became chief executive officer of Mondi’s packaging paper division, responsible for the Group’s five newly-acquired recycled containerboard mills in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the UK. Peter assumed his current role and joined the management board of the Europe & International division following the reorganisation of the Group’s operations at the beginning of 2008. Peter is vice president of the Austrian Federation of Paper Makers.
	Kurt Mitterböck, Group technical director Kurt Mitterböck graduated in process technology from the University of Graz in Austria, specialising in paper and pulp technology. He began his career as a project manager with a paper machine manufacturer, later becoming production director of a coated fine paper mill in Austria and subsequently production director of Hagen Kabel, a publication paper mill in Germany. He joined Mondi in 1989 and soon afterwards was appointed to the board of Neusiedler as chief operations officer, where he introduced worldwide total chlorine-free pulp production and established the first high-speed three-layer headbox for copy paper and the first high-speed single nip shoe press paper machine. Kurt went on to serve on the boards of a number of Mondi companies in Austria, eastern Europe and South Africa, before being appointed to his present role in 2005.
	Mervyn Walker, Group human resources & legal director Mervyn Walker graduated in law from Oxford University and qualified as a solicitor in 1984, joining British Airways in 1986 as a legal adviser. He went on to become legal director in 1991 and director of purchasing in 1994. In 1996 he was appointed global human resources director. He went on to become director of Heathrow Airport and then director of UK airports, heading ground operations at all BA’s airports and leading a team of 9,000 people. He was chairman of the Trustees of the BA Pension Schemes from 2002 to 2005 and has been chairman of the Pension Trustees of Amec plc since 2006. Mervyn joined Mondi in his current role in June 2006. He has responsibility for the Group’s human resources, corporate communications, safety, sustainable development, legal and company secretarial matters.

Last change: 21/05/2008