Member of the GLT since 4 December 2019. Joined the company in 1993.
SVP, Liquid Packaging and Carton Board in Consumer Board Division until December 2019. He has held several leadership positions in Stora Enso, including Group Treasurer, SVP of Strategy and EVP of Wood Products division.
Mr Wiersum joined Sappi Europe in January 2007 as Chief Executive Officer Sappi Europe. He started his career at ICI Fibres, held the position of President of Amoco Fabrics (Europe) followed by President of Amoco Chemicals (Europe). Following the takeover by BP, he joined BP to assist with the integration of the two groups in Europe. He then joined Pechiney SA in France and ran the CEBAL packaging division until he was recruited as Managing Director of the Packaging Division of Kappa Packaging BV (The Netherlands) and member of the Management Board responsible for paper manufacture and packaging in the Kappa group. Mr Wiersum was Chairman of CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) from 2009 – 2011. In 2017 he was named RISI's European CEO of the year and International CEO of the year at the PPI awards.
Qualifications: MA (Medieval and Modern History)
Nuno Santos is an Executive Director at The Navigator Company since May 2015 (member of Group Navigator’s Board and Executive Committee).
He is currently responsible for Navigator’s Tissue Business (around 120.000 tons per year) and for Navigator’s Market Pulp Business (around 360.000 tAD per year). He also supervises the Energy Division, global Procurement, and Business Development.
Until 2019, he was also responsible for Navigator’s forest and wood supply activity (5 million tons per year of eucalyptus wood; 100.000 hectares of own forest land), and for the international Project in Mozambique (currently in forestry phase; 150.000 hectares plantation potential).
Before that, Nuno has been at McKinsey & Company for 22 years, from 1993 until 2015. He was elected Partner on 2001 and Senior Partner on 2008. He led the Energy, Commodities and Industrial Practice at McKinsey’s Iberian Office.
Sven Ombudstvedt has held senior management positions in the chemical and pulp and paper industries for more than two decades. He has gained international experience in leading large global organisations both from the board room and from the CEO seat. Having been through several turnarounds, he is well versed with developing and implementing strategies and working with both P/L and balance sheets.
Vice President of Global Packaging Research, Development and Innovation leading packaging development, innovation, sustainability, productivity and design across all markets, categories, and brands for Mondelez International - one of the world’s largest snack companies. Our Mondelēz International mission is to “Lead the future of snacking by offering consumers the right snack for the right moment made the right way”.
Based in East Hanover, NJ, Jay leads a diverse and dispersed team of scientists, engineers, designers, and business leaders charged with growing the Mondelez International business – both top- and bottom-line – through packaging innovation, design and technology development. He also serves as the global capability leader for design – both creative and execution.
Prior to joining Mondelez, Jay served as Avery Dennison’s Global Vice President of Innovation; Unilever’s Global Vice President Packaging Development and Design - supporting all brands in all markets for Unilever across home care, personal care, laundry, food, beverages, ice cream, and food solutions ; Vice President of Packaging Development, Innovation, Technology, and Quality at General Mills; Director Global Packaging Development & Design at the Coca-Cola Companies, Sr. Manager Integrated Product and Process Development at Anheuser-Busch Companies, Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace.
Working in the Directorate for European and International Carbon Markets Mette Quinn is heading the unit for Implementation of the EU Emissions Trading System and IT in the Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action. She took part in the negotiations of the international climate agreement in Paris in 2015, and also worked on international and EU domestic climate finance and innovation issues.
Within the European Commission she has also worked in the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, where she has a number of years’ experience as a policy officer on innovation policy development, governance and benchmarking. Previously, she worked for the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and also spent a few years at the Danish Permanent Representation to NATO. She is an economist (Cand. Polit) and married with one daughter.
Due to the restrictions to corporate travel as a result of COVID-19, this year's PRIMA conference will take place online. Delegates can expect the same insightful, high-calibre content and opportunities to connect with fellow pulp, print and packaging professionals.
