Our executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors and hold office as determined by the Board. The information set forth below includes the name, age, position held with us and principal occupation and employment during at least the past five years for each of our current executive officers who are not also serving as directors, as of March 15, 2024. (Mr. Bloomquist’s biography appears in the Biographical and Qualifications Information of the Other Directors section.) There is no family relationship between any of our executive officers or directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between any of our executive officers or directors and any other person pursuant to which any of them was appointed or elected as an officer or director, other than arrangements or understandings with our directors or officers acting solely in their capacities as such.
Kenneth J. Duffy, 60, Senior Vice President, Paperboard/High-Yield Pulp–Mr. Duffy joined the Company in November 2017 and served as Vice President, Sales & Marketing, High-Yield Pulp, in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Tembec Inc. until May 1, 2021. He was promoted to Vice President, Commercial from May 1, 2021 to January 1, 2024, when he was promoted to his current position. He joined Tembec in 2011 as Vice President, Sales, Paper Pulp and was promoted to Vice President, Sales & Marketing, High-Yield Pulp and Newsprint on March 22, 2016. Prior to joining Tembec, Mr. Duffy held various sales and technical service positions of increasing responsibility in the specialty chemicals sector. Mr. Duffy holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Chemical Engineering) degree from the University of Toronto.
Gabriela Garcia, 48, Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President, Controller–Ms. Garcia was most recently the Controller for Nexeo Plastics Parent Inc. located in Houston, TX, a position she held from July 2019 to February 2020. Previously, she was the Assistant Controller and Controller for Nexeo Solutions Inc. from July 2012 to June 2019. Ms. Garcia also has approximately 23 years of progressive accounting experience working for firms such as Harken Energy Corporation, Reliant Energy, Inc., Air Liquide USA, LLC, Marathon Oil Company, and Geokinetics, Inc. Ms. Garcia is a Certified Public Accountant with an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in marketing, a MS degree in accounting from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, an MBA from Houston Baptist University and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program from Harvard University.
Joshua C. Hicks, 45, Senior Vice President, High Purity Cellulose Business–Mr. Hicks joined the Company on December 6, 2021 as Senior Vice President, High Purity Cellulose Business. He was most recently Vice President, Global Industrial Solutions for Univar Solutions from 2020 to 2021, and prior to that Vice President, Focused Industries from 2019 to 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Hicks served as Business Director, Coatings & Construction from 2017 to 2019, Business Director, Personal Care from 2015 to 2017, and Business Director, Oil & Gas from 2013 to 2015 for Nexeo Solutions, which was acquired by Univar in 2019. Prior to his tenure with Nexeo and Univar, Mr. Hicks held positions of increasing responsibility with Dow Chemical in multiple business units. Mr. Hicks holds a B. S. in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business.
Marcus J. Moeltner, 60, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance–Mr. Moeltner joined the Company in November 2017 at its headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, as Vice President, Corporate Development and Planning, in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Tembec Inc., and was promoted to his current position on July 8, 2019. He had rejoined Tembec in May 2008 as Vice President, Corporate Development. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Moeltner was Vice President, Finance for Grant Forest Products Inc., a Canadian forest products producer, where he was responsible for leading a team responsible for financial analysis, treasury, cost accounting, risk management, and taxation across its business operations. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Moeltner held various roles at Tembec, including Director, Business Planning, and Vice President, Business Analysis and Control. Mr. Moeltner began his professional career with Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 1987 and, during his tenure there, held various finance positions of increasing responsibility in Canada, France, England, and the United States. Mr. Moeltner holds an Honors Bachelor of Commerce degree from Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. He is also a CPA, CMA receiving his accreditation in Ontario.
