DLC executive committee and company secretaries

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 he 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 Dynäs, Frantschach, S¡ te¡ ti and S´ wiecie 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, Germany, Italy, Switzerland 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 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 to 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.

Ron Traill graduated in mechanical engineering and management from Dundee College in Scotland in 1980. 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 Tullis Russell, the UK’s largest independent paper mill.

He joined Mondi in 2003 as managing director of the Štětí pulp and paper mill in the Czech Republic, also assuming responsibility for the Mondi packaging paper business in Ružomberok, 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.

Philip Laubscher, who holds BProc and LLB degrees and is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa, was inhouse counsel with national power utility Eskom for 15 years before joining Mondi in 1999 as head of legal services. He was appointed company secretary of Mondi Limited in January 2001.

Carol Hunt, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, spent 15 years with The BOC Group plc, holding various roles in the company secretariat, the last six years as deputy company secretary. She joined Mondi in November 2006 and was formally appointed company secretary of Mondi plc in May 2007.

Philip and Carol work together on the co-ordination of Mondi’s DLC structure.