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Divisional and corporate management*
 

​ Sappi Limited​ ​ ​
​ Chief executive officer​
 ​**Ralph Boëttger (51)
BAcc Hons, CA(SA)​		 ​
​ ​Chief financial officer​
 ​**Steve Binnie (45)
BCom, BAcc, CA(SA), MBA​		 ​
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  • Group financial manager​
 John Shaw (36)
BCom, PG Dip Man Acc, PG Dip Acc, CA(SA)​​		 ​
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  • Group financial controller​
 ​Laurence Newman (56)
BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)​		 ​
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  • Group head internal audit​
 ​Roland Agar (48)
BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)​		 ​
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  • Group management accountant and strategic analyst
 ​Wikus van Zyl (44)
BCom Hons, CA(SA)​		 ​
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  • Group tax manager​
 ​Bernd Ross (53)
MS (Economics and Business Administration)​		 ​
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  • Group treasurer​
 ​Jörg Pässler (52)
BCom Hons, MCom, HDip Tax, CAIB(SA)​		 ​
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  • ​Group internal control and risk manager​

​Wouter van den Heever (49)
BCom Hons, BCompt, MCom, CA(SA), CPA

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Group head technology​ 
​**Andrea Rossi (59)
BSc Eng (Hons), C Eng​
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Chief information officer​

 ​Bradley Coward (57)
Grad Dip (Corporate Direction and Business Management), Cert (Senior Management and Leadership Development)​		 ​
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  • ​Group head sustainability and investor relations​

Graeme Wild (40)
BSc (Forestry), MBA​

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Group head human resources​ 
​**Lucia Swartz (55)
BA, Dip HR
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Group head corporate affairs​
 ​André Oberholzer (46)
BCom (Law)​		 ​
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Group head strategy and legal​
 **Maarten van Hoven (39)
BProc, LLM (International Business Law)		 ​
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  • Group company secretary​
 ​Denis O'Connor (61)
BA LLB​		 ​
 
​ Sappi Fine Paper Europe
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Chief executive officer​
**Berry Wiersum (57)
MA (Medieval and Modern History)​
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​ Chief financial and IT officer​
 ​Glen Pearce (49)
BCom Hons, CA(SA) ​		 ​
​ General counsel​
 Hannes Boner (49)
lic iur, DHEE, Admitted Attorney​		 ​
​ Human resources director​
 ​Rainer Neumann (50)
MS (Administrative Sciences), MS (Industrial Relations and HRM)​		 ​
​ Manufacturing, research and development director​ ​Mat Quaedvlieg (62)
BS (Electronics)​		 ​
​ Marketing and sales director​
 Marco Eikelenboom (45)
MS (Economics and Business Administration)​		 ​
​ Supply chain, procurement and speciality paper director​ ​Randy Rotermund (50)
BS (Imaging Technology), MBA		 ​
​ Project management director​ Thomas Kratochwill (44)
MS (Business Economics)​		 ​
 
​ Sappi Fine Paper North America​ ​ ​
​
President and chief executive officer 
**Mark Gardner (57)
BSc (Industrial Technology)​
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​ Vice-president and chief ​financial officer Annette Luchene (50)
BS (Accounting), MBA​		 ​
​ Executive vice-president, strategic marketing and development and chief sustainability officer​ Jennifer Miller (57)
BA (Economics), Juris Doctor​
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​ Vice-president corporate development and chief information officer​ Anne Ayer (47)
BA (Psychology), MBA​​		 ​
​ Vice-president human resources and general counsel​ ​Sarah Manchester (47)
BA (History), Juris Doctor​		 ​
​ Vice-president manufacturing​
 John Donahue (57)
BS (Chemical Engineering)​		 ​
​ Vice-president and general manager specialties business Bob Weeden (61)
BS (Chemistry), MS (Management)​		 ​
​ Vice-president sales​
 ​Bob Forsberg (50)
BA (Economics and Art History)​		 ​
 
​ ​Sappi Southern Africa
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Chief executive officer​
**Alex Thiel (51)
BSc (Mechanical Engineering), MBA (Financial Management and IT)​
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​ Finance director​
 Colin Mowatt (55)
BCom Acc, CA (SA), EDP, MBL​		 ​
​ Human resources director​
 Esther Letlape (45)
BA Hons (Industrial Psychology)​		 ​
​ Information technology director​
 Deon van Aarde (52)
BCompt​​		 ​
​ Technical director​
 Bertus van der Merwe (59)
BSc, MBA, HDip (Engineering)​		 ​
​ Sappi regional procurement director​
 Nat Maelane (53)
MDP, Senior Executive P​rogramme		 ​
​ Strategy and business development director​ Tyrone Hawkes (45)
BCom Hons, CA(SA)​		 ​
​ ​Sappi Specialised Cellulose ​
​ Managing director​

 ​Gary Bowles (52)
BSc (Electrical Engineering), GCC (Electrical), Global Executive Development Programme, Production Management Diploma​​		 ​
​ ​Sappi Forests ​
​ Managing director​
 ​Hendrik de Jongh (57)
NDip (Elec), GCC (Electrical), MDP​		 ​
​ ​Sappi Paper and Paper Packaging ​ ​
​ Manufacturing director​
 ​​Pat McGrady (55)
BSc (Electrical Engineering), GCC (Factories), EDP​		 ​
 
​ Sappi Trading​​
​ Chief executive officer​
 Wayne Rau (50)
HND (Marketing), Senior Executive Programme​		 ​
​ Chief financial officer​
 Henri Kirsten (59)
BCom, BCompt Hons, CA(SA)		 ​
 
* Ages of leadership on 31 December 2012
** Group executive committee
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