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Senior Management

David (Dave) Allen
Chief Executive Officer

Dave Allen was appointed as PaperlinX's Chief Executive Officer effective 18 December 2012, after acting as the Interim Chief Executive Officer since August 2012.  He joined PaperlinX in 2004 and previously served as Managing Director of Robert Horne Group in the UK and subsequently as Executive Vice President of PaperlinX with responsibility for the UK, Ireland, Spain and Canada.  Dave's earlier background was in corporate and product strategy, sales and marketing and general management in a range of sectors including Abrasives, Industrial Diamonds and Automotive with Saint-Gobain, Unicorn International and the Rover Group.

 

Joost Smallenbroek
Chief Financial Officer

Joost Smallenbroek was appointed Chief Financial Officer for the PaperlinX Group effective 18 December 2012.  Joost, a resident of The Netherlands, joined PaperlinX in 2004 and was previously Corporate Finance Director for PaperlinX Europe, leading Treasury, Tax and Merger & Acquisition functions in that area.  His earlier background was as an international tax adviser with Coopers and Lybrand (now PwC) and Ernst & Young. 


Phil Carr
Managing Director, United Kingdom & Ireland

Phil was appointed to his current role of Managing Director - UK and Ireland in December 2012.  Since joining the Group in September 2002, Phil has held several Finance positions throughout the UK including Regional Chief Financial Officer for the UK, Ireland, Spain and South Africa.  He commenced his career in the City of London with a firm of Chartered Accountants and prior to joining PaperlinX he was the Group Finance Director of a London Stock Exchange (LSE) listed toys and toiletries distribution company.

 

Andy Preece
Executive General Manager, Australia, New Zealand & Asia

Andy Preece was appointed Executive General Manager, Australia, New Zealand and Asia in July 2012. Previously, he was appointed Group General Manager Australia in 2011, and prior to that was General Manager, Spicers New Zealand from 2007. He originally joined the company in 2001 as the New Zealand Manager for Australian Paper before joining Spicers New Zealand as the National Operations Manager.  His market experience spans some 20 years, originating in the UK carton industry.


Cory Turner
President, Canada

Cory was appointed to his current role of President, Spicers Canada, in May 2011. After joining Coast Paper in 1994, Cory held sales roles in Western Canada before relocation to the United States in 2003. Since that time, Cory has undertaken a number of leadership roles including Regional Manager Northern California and upon relocation back to Canada in 2009 as first, General Manager, then Vice President Sales.

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