International Paper Promotes Mark Sutton To President And COO

(RTTNews) - International Paper Co. (IP) said Monday that Mark Sutton has been promoted to President and chief operating officer and elected a member of the company's board of directors effective immediately.

Sutton most recently served as International Paper senior vice president, industrial packaging.

Sutton has been with International Paper his entire 30-year career. He joined the company in 1984 as an engineer at the Pineville, La., mill. Sutton was named senior vice president, global supply chain, in 2007 and in 2009 became senior vice president, printing and communications papers - the Americas. In 2011, Sutton was appointed senior vice president, industrial packaging.