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.
	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. Peter serves as a non-executive director of Telekom Austria AG and as president of respACT-austrian business council for sustainable development.
	Ron Traill, CEO South Africa Division Ron graduated in mechanical engineering and management from Dundee College in Scotland. He began his career as an industrial engineer with DRG Packaging Group, working in its Scottish paper mill. He went on to hold a succession of posts within the company, leading ultimately to his appointment as general manager. Following DRG’s acquisition by Sappi in 1990, he worked for 10 years in a number of general management roles. Ron has also held senior operational positions with Fletcher Challenge and with the UK’s largest independent paper mill. Ron joined Mondi in 2003 as managing director of the Steti pulp and paper mill in Czech Republic, also assuming responsibility for the Mondi packaging paper business in Ruzomberok, Slovakia. Ron took up the position of chief executive officer of Mondi’s South Africa Division in January 2008 and was appointed to the DLC executive committee in June 2008.
	Andrew King, Chief financial officer 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, before being appointed as Group strategy and business development director. He was heavily involved in the listing process and establishment of the Group’s dual listed corporate structures. Andrew was appointed as chief financial officer in October 2008.
	Peter Machacek, CEO Uncoated Fine Paper & Containerboard, Europe & International 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.
	Ladimir Pellizzaro, Group technical director Ladimir Pellizzaro graduated in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil, going on to specialise in pulp and paper technology. He acquired extensive experience in the pulp and paper industry with a number of Brazilian companies, including Klabin, Aracruz and Suzano, in roles ranging from engineering, operations management and project management. Ladimir joined Mondi in 1990, shortly thereafter becoming general manager of the then kraft division of Mondi South Africa. In 1994 he was appointed technical director of Mondi South Africa and was a key player in the team that drove the expansion of Mondi into Europe. In 2000, he moved to London taking up the role of technical director of Mondi International with worldwide responsibility for projects, operational optimisation and technical evaluation of major acquisitions. He took a break from Mondi in 2005, following which he was retained by the Group as an adviser prior to rejoining Mondi as Group technical director in January 2009.

Last change: 11/11/2009