ZURICH, Sept. 26,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amcor (NYSE: AMCR) (ASX:AMC), a
global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging
solutions, today announced that Lucrèce Foufopoulos-De Ridder has
been nominated as a non-executive director for election at the
Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday November 8, 2023.
Ms. Foufopoulos has a distinguished and varied career of more
than 20 years in the chemical and petrochemical industry, most
recently as Executive Vice President, Polyolefins & Circular
Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology for Borealis,
where she also serves on the Executive
Board(1). Prior to joining Borealis, Ms.
Foufopoulos held various strategy, commercial and general
management positions in Europe,
North America and Asia at Eastman Chemical Company, Dow Chemical
and Tyco Electronics. Ms. Foufopoulos is also a member of the Board
of Directors of Sika Group, Royal Vopak and Borouge.
Ms. Foufopoulos holds a master's degree in Polymer and
Composites Engineering from the University of Leuven, a master's
degree in Materials Science & Engineering from the University
of Ghent, and executive business education from INSEAD in
Paris and The International
Institute for Management Development in Lausanne,
Switzerland.
The Amcor Board believes Ms. Foufopoulos' deep global experience
and her understanding of technologies and innovations related to
sustainability and the circular economy will add highly
complementary perspectives and insights to the Board's existing
skill set.
Amcor also announced that non-executive director Dr.
Armin Meyer will retire from the
Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting. Dr. Meyer has been a
committed and active member of the Amcor plc board over many years,
serving as Deputy Chair as well as Chair of the Compensation
Committee and the Executive Committee. Dr. Meyer's extensive
knowledge and experience in executive leadership, finance and
global manufacturing has been immensely valuable to the Board and
his fellow Directors thank him for his significant contribution and
service during his tenure.
(1) Ms. Foufopoulos will step down from her
executive position at Borealis, and the Board of Borouge Pte,
effective December 31, 2023.
ENDS
About Amcor
Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible
packaging solutions across a variety of materials for food,
beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and
other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the
world to protect their products, differentiate brands, and improve
supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging,
specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused
on making packaging that is increasingly light-weighted, recyclable
and reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled
content. In fiscal year 2023, 41,000 Amcor people generated
US$14.7 billion in annual sales from
operations that span 218 locations in 41 countries. NYSE:
AMCR; ASX: AMC
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