Full directors report - Mondi

Executive directors
David Hathorn
Chief executive officer
David Hathorn graduated in commerce
from the University of Natal and qualified
as a chartered accountant in 1987 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. He chairs the DLC
executive committee and is a member
of the DLC sustainable development
committee.
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 Johannesburg
and London in 2007.
Andrew King
Chief financial officer
Andrew King graduated in commerce
from the University of Cape Town and
qualified as a chartered accountant in
1994 at Deloitte & Touche. 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 a 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 chief financial officer in
October 2008.
Peter Oswald
Chief executive officer
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 as the
head of internal audit, later becoming
corporate controller.
After serving as chief executive of the
bag and flexibles business from 1995
to 2001, overseeing its recovery and
expansion, Peter was appointed chief
executive of Mondi Packaging Europe
in 2002, leading its subsequent
integration with Frantschach 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.
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