MeadWestvaco, RockTenn Announce Executive Leadership Team For Combined Company

(RTTNews) - MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV) and Rock-Tenn Company (RKT) announced the executive leadership team for the combined company following the completion of the transaction.

As previously announced, Steve Voorhees will serve as the new company's chief executive officer or CEO and John Luke will be non-executive chairman of the board.

The executive leadership team announced today includes Bob Beckler, president, Packaging Solutions, Nina Butler, chief sustainability officer, Ward Dickson, chief financial officer, Pete Durette, chief strategy officer, Jennifer Graham-Johnson, chief human resources officer, Bob McIntosh, general counsel, Jim Porter, president, Paper Solutions and Linda Schreiner, chief integration officer.

Ed Rose, president, Specialty Chemicals, and Ken Seeger, president, Community Development and Land Management, will continue in their current leadership roles and report to Voorhees.

The transaction remains on track to close in the second calendar quarter of 2015 and is subject to shareholder approvals of both MWV and RockTenn, certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.