Business Management - HR

The Heidelberg supervisory board has announced a restructuring of the company's management board, which includes the appointment of Rainer Hundsdörfer to the position of CEO. Hundsdörfer will take over for Dr. Gerold Linzbach. Dr. Ulrich Hermann has also been announced as a new member of the management board.

Xeikon has promoted Filip Weymans to the position of VP of marketing. Weymans has spent 18 years with Xeikon and was previously director, segment marketing, labels and packaging.

WestRock Co., a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, has made several announcements regarding leadership positions in its consumer and corrugated divisions.

Gerold Linzbach, chairman of the Heidelberg management board, will not seek a contract extension when his contract ends in August 2017.

Peter Lockley has been named the new president of INX Europe and will oversee operations in the Czech Republic, France, Italy and the UK.

The Xerox board of directors has appointed Jeff Jacobson to be CEO of Xerox Corp. following the completion of the company’s planned separation into two publicly traded companies.

Heather Barrett has taken the position of director of marketing at Xeikon in an effort to boost the company's North American presence. Barrett has more than 10 years of marketing experience in the printing and packaging industries.

Mark Andy has named Mary Sullivan the new regional sales manager and Ralph Boer the new digital sales manager, to support 2016 growth initiatives. Sullivan and Boer will work to develop new business and drive Mark Andy further into digital label printing.

Xeikon has boosted its North American growth strategy with the appointment of David Wilkins as vice president of sales and marketing for the United States and Canada.

Gerold Linzbach returned to his duties as chairman of the management board and chief human resources officer of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen at the beginning of 2016.