EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW
This shift in focus is helping the pulp,
paper and packaging industry greatly.
It’s going through many instances of
positive change, and for a company like
Oji Fibre Solutions it’s a fantastic place
to be.Oji Fibre Solutions was formerly known
as Carter Holt Harvey Pulp, Paper and
Packaging (CHH); however, after a joint
venture in 2014 between the Japanese-
based Oji Holdings and the Innovation
Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a
new company called Oji Fibre Solutions
emerged. Based in Australia and NewZealand, its key operations are to
deliver market-leading products and
services to its customers with a focus
on innovation, advanced technology,
R&D, systems and processes.Jon has a strong professional
background in the pulp, paper and
packaging industry. He has been with
Oji Fibre Solutions as its CEO since- English by heritage, Jon studied
for a degree in biochemistry as well as a
PhD in pulp and paper chemistry at the
University of Manchester’s Institute of
Science and Technology in the UK
before going to work for UK Paper.
He was the product development
manager, a role which later expanded
into product development and
technical management. In 1999 he
moved to New Zealand and worked for
CHH as a technical manager, looking
after all technical aspects of the pulpand paper manufacturing process of the
company. This experience fast-tracked
him to the position of area manager for
one of the paper machines, which saw
him look after a significant rebuild of
its facility. From there he became
business unit manager for paper, moved
to the Tasman Mill as its manager, and
then, in 2006, he left CHH to pursue a
role with Australian Paper.“I went from a single mill accountability
to looking after three pulp and paper
mills,” Jon recalls. “From that position
I was able to become the Group
General Manager, looking after the
manufacturing assets as well as the
sales and marketing of the products
produced in those three facilities, plus
looking after one other facility.“Following that I worked for a year in a
strategic role for PaperlinX, the owner
of Australian Paper, and I had theAfter a joint venture in 2014
between the Japanese-based Oji
Holdings and the Innovation
Network Corporation of Japan
(INCJ), a new company called
Oji Fibre Solutions emerged.