Stora Enso Appoints Ad Smit As EVP Of Packaging Solutions Division

(RTTNews) - Stora Enso (SEOAY.PK), a Finnish paper mill company, said it appointed Ad Smit as Executive Vice President of the Packaging Solutions division and a member of the Group Leadership Team. He will start on 1 December 2023 and report to Hans Sohlström, President and CEO of Stora Enso.

Ad Smit is a Dutch citizen and will be based in the Netherlands. He has led the Business Unit Western Europe within Stora Enso's Packaging Solutions division since January 2023. He has over 30 years of business leadership experience in the packaging industry. From 2012, Ad was the CEO of De Jong Packaging Group, which Stora Enso acquired in January 2023. Before that he held various Managing Director positions leading packaging divisions and units at Smurfit Kappa Group for over 20 years.

David Ekberg leaves his position as Executive Vice President of the Packaging Solutions division on 30 November 2023 to pursue new opportunities outside of Stora Enso.