Executive Officers
Frédéric Villoutreix
Elected Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2009. Frédéric joined the company on December 7, 2005, was elected Chief Executive Officer on February 1, 2006, and served as interim President, French Operations from December 2006 to June 2007.
To be the undisputed leader of engineered solutions to the
tobacco industry is no small feat. It is both an ambitious vision
and a bold challenge-to all of us. Our Executive Team has framed
this challenge to itself and will continue to pursue it
aggressively and deliberately, every day in every decision,
continuing our track record of success while always reaching
further.
Frédéric VilloutreixElected Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2009. Frédéric joined the company on December 7, 2005, was elected Chief Executive Officer on February 1, 2006, and served as interim President, French Operations from December 2006 to June 2007.
Otto R. Herbst
Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President Global Paper Business since January 2009.
Previously, Otto was President of the Americas beginning in August 2006 with responsibility for the U.S. and Brazilian business units. He served as President-Brazilian Operations from April 1999 to July 2006.Michel Fievez
Executive Vice President, Reconstituted Tobacco Business since April 2010.
Previously, Michel served as President-European Operations since June 2007. From 2003 to May 2007, Michel served as General Manager One Side Coated Papers and then Vice President and General Manager Packaging, Metalizing and Office and Graphic with Ahlstrom Corporation. From 1998 to 2003, he held key manufacturing positions, including Managing Director, with Chesapeake Display and Packaging in Europe.John W. Rumely, Jr.
General Counsel and Secretary since January 2000.
From March 1998 through December 1999, Chip served as Associate General Counsel. From May 1989 through February 1998, Chip was Assistant General Counsel of Alumax, Inc., an international integrated producer of aluminum products that was subsequently acquired by Alcoa, Inc. Professional tenure includes positions with the U.S. Treasury Department; Steptoe & Johnson, a private law firm, and Michelin Tire Corporation.Jeffrey Cook
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer since February 2012.
Wilfred A. Martinez
Vice President LIP Operations and President Americas since April 2010.
Will previously served as President Americas since January 2009. Prior to joining SWM, Will was President and Strategy Officer, President, International Division and Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations from 1996 to 2008 with Laticrete International, Inc., a world leader of tile and stone installation systems.Mark A. Spears
Coopers and Lybrand LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) from 1984
to 1995.
Controller since March 2008.
Mark joined the company in 1995 as Corporate Reporting Manager and subsequently served in progressive roles in the Controller department including Director of Corporate Reporting and Assistant Controller. Prior to joining SWM, Mark was an audit manager withCoopers and Lybrand LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) from 1984
to 1995.