Our performance in 2009 - Sappi

Divisional and corporate management
Sappi Limited
Chief executive officer
*Ralph Boëttger (48) BAcc Hons, CA (SA)
Chief financial officer
*Mark Thompson (57) BCom, BAcc, LLB, CA (SA)
Group financial manager
Stephen Blyth (35) BCom, PG Dip Acc, CA (SA), HDip Tax**
Group financial controller
Laurence Newman (53) BCom, BAcc, CA (SA)
Group head internal audit
Roland Agar (45) BCom BAcc, CA (SA)
Group management accountant
Wikus van Zyl (41) BCom Hons, CA (SA)
Group tax manager
Bernd Ross (50) MS (Economics and Business Administration)
Group treasurer
Jörg Pässler (49) BCom Hons, MCom, HDip Tax, CAIB (SA)
Group head technology
*Andrea Rossi (55) BSc (Engineering) Hons, C Eng
Sappi Fine Paper
Sappi Fine Paper Europe
Chief executive officer
*Berry Wiersum (54) MA (Medieval and Modern History)
Chief financial officer
Glen Pearce (46) BCom Hons, CA (SA)
General counsel
Hannes Boner (46) lic iur, DHEE, Admitted Attorney
Human resources director
Rainer Neumann (47) MS (Administrative Sciences),
MS (Industrial Relations and HRM)
Manufacturing, research and development director
Mat Quaedvlieg (59) BS (Electronics)
Marketing sales graphic papers director
Marco Eikelenboom (42) MS (Economics and Business
Administration)
Procurement, supply chain, IT and business planning director
Gregory Gettinger (47) PhD (Economics and Business Administration)
Speciality papers director
Theo Reijnen (62) BS (Economics)
Sappi Fine Paper North America
President and chief executive officer
*Mark Gardner (54) BSc (Industrial Technology)
Vice president and chief financial officer
Annette Luchene (47) BS (Accounting), MBA
Sappi Forest Products Sappi Trading
Chief executive officer
*Jan Labuschagne (49) BCom Hons, CA (SA)
Finance director
Colin Mowatt (52) BCom Acc, CA (SA), EDP, MBL
Human resources director
Brian Dick (59) BAdmin***
Information technology director
Deon van Aarde (49) BCompt
Technical director
Bertus van der Merwe (56) BSc, MBA, HDip (Engineering)
Sappi Forests managing director
Hendrik de Jongh (54), NDip (Elec), GCC (Elec), MDP
Sappi Kraft managing director
Albert Lubbe (61) NDip Mech, GCC (Mech), AEP
Sappi regional procurement director
Nat Maelane (50) MDP, SEP
Sappi Saiccor managing director
Alan Tubb (59) BSc (Electrical Engineering), GCC (Mines and Works), BCom
2009 annual report
Group risk manager
Molupe Thelejane (39 ) BSc (Chemical Engineering)
Chief information officer
Bradley Coward (54) Grad Dip (Corporate Direction and Business
Management), Cert (Senior Management and Leadership
Development)
Group head strategic development
*Robert Hope (57) BA Hons (Economics), MRICS
Group investor relations manager
Graeme Wild (37) BSc (Forestry), MBA
Group head human resources
*Lucia Swartz (52) BA, Dip HR
Group head corporate affairs
André Oberholzer (43) BCom (Law)
Group corporate counsel
Ria Sanz (44) BCom, LLB, HDip Tax, Admitted Attorney
Integration executive
*Alex Thiel (48) BSc (Mechanical Engineering), MBA (Financial
Management and IT)
Executive vice president strategic marketing and
chief sustainability officer
Jennifer Miller (54) BA (Economics), Juris Doctor
Vice president corporate development and
chief information officer
Anne Ayer (44) BA (Psychology), MBA
Vice president human resources and general counsel
Sarah Manchester (44) BA (History), Juris Doctor
Vice president manufacturing
John Donahue (54), BS (Chemical Engineering)
Vice president release and technical specialties businesses
Bob Weeden (58) BS (Chemistry), MS (Management)
Vice president sales
Bob Forsberg (47) BA (Economics and Art History)
Vice president supply chain
Randy Rotermund (47) BS, Imaging Technology, MBA
Sappi Fine Paper South Africa
Managing director
Dinga Mncube (49) Dip (Forestry), BSc (Forest Management),
MSc (Forest Products), Dip (Business Management), MCom
General manager marketing
Bernhard Riegler (39) APD Diploma
Chief executive officer
Wayne Rau (47) HND (Marketing), Senior Executive Programme
Financial director
Henri Kirsten (56) BCom, BCompt Hons, CA (SA)
*** Group executive committee.
*** John Shaw (33) BCom, PG Dip Man Acc, PG Dip Acc, CA (SA), will replace
Stephen Blyth on 01 January 2010 on his appointment to a new position in
Sappi.
*** Jeanett Modise (46) BCom, MDP, MBL will replace Brian Dick on 01 January
2010 on his retirement from Sappi.
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