Paper Excellence Group

John D. Williams serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Paper Excellence Management Board. He will also serve in a dual role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Domtar until June 20, 2023, a position he has held since 2009. Mr. Williams has more than 40 years of experience in both consumer products and packaging. He began his career in consumer product sales in 1976, gaining insight into key market dynamics in the U.K. and the U.S. Since joining Domtar in 2009, Mr. Williams has led Domtar’s transformation from a strictly paper manufacturing enterprise to a significant player in the absorbent hygiene market. At the same time, he cut costs and invested in new and innovative technologies to help grow their pulp production to the third largest producer in the world.

Mr. Williams is Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Owens Corning (NYSE: OC); a Director of Form Technologies, Inc., a privately-held leading global group of precision component manufacturers based in Charlotte, North Carolina; the Chair of the advisory board of the Stern Center for Sustainable Business at New York University. He is also a board member for nonprofit Camp Blue Skies Foundation, which is dedicated to enhancing the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities, and he is Chairman of Trustees for the Palisades Episcopal School, a private school in Mecklenburg county.

Hoany Muljadi has spent more than fifteen years in the global pulp and paper industry. As the former CEO and Global COO of a tissue operation, Ms. Muljadi brings executive leadership and transformation experience to Paper Excellence. She is responsible for strategies which grow Paper Excellence’s business units, as well as to ensure profitability through organization restructuring, cost saving initiatives, and optimal product portfolios. Numerous verticals report to Ms. Muljadi and she currently serves on the Paper Excellence Canada Operating Committee. Her leadership drives global executive management performance through setting high aspiration targets. During her previous tenure, she was voted Best CEO numerous times by a panel of her peers. Prior to entering the pulp and paper industry, she served as a consultant with both McKinsey & Co and PriceWaterhouse Coopers. Ms. Muljadi graduated Magna Cum Laude with an undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of Indonesia and received her MBA from the University of Hawaii, where she was a Fujitsu Asia Pacific scholar.

Awie Kardiman serves as Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for Paper Excellence and is in his second tenure with the company. He is a dynamic executive, with a distinguished finance career with multi-national organizations and has more than 15 years’ experience in the pulp and paper industry. Mr. Kardiman has well-rounded knowledge of financial processes, operating results, and profitability. He is a Certified Management Accountant and received a CMA Strategic Excellence Award in 2014, supplemented by his BA in Accounting from Universitas Trisakti in Indonesia.

Claudio Cotrim is a senior executive with solid experience in the operational and strategic management of large industrial companies, with a focus on globalized markets. He leads the Paper Excellence Brazil operation and  has more than a decade of experience working in the pulp and paper sector. Mr. Cotrim has extensive experience in finance, human resources, corporate planning, legal and supply chain for large companies over the span of nearly 30 years. He began his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young and has a degree in administration and a MBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas.

Doug Sheaffer joined Paper Excellence in March 2019. Mr. Sheaffer has over twenty-five years of progressively responsible Human Resource and Operations experience in the pulp and paper industry as well as with other manufacturing operations.  Most recently he was Vice President of Global H.R. Operations with a major supplier of capital equipment and services to the industry. During his career, Mr. Sheaffer has gained extensive experience in all areas of HR Management including recruitment, labor and employee relations, compensation and benefits and human capital development initiatives.  He has a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration & Labor Relations from Shippensburg University and a master’s degree in Labor and Employee Relations from Saint Francis College, as well as a MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. 

Stew joined the company in January 2019 and brings a wealth of experience as a senior manager and executive within the pulp and paper industry. He has 30 years of industry experience, first starting at Catalyst Paper in 1990. He held roles as Vice President of Technology and Sourcing and as General Manager at the Powell River mill. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a master’s degree in Pulp & Paper Engineering, and an Executive Master of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University.

Jean-François joined Paper Excellence in March 2018 and has been an engineer in the pulp and paper industry since 1988. Throughout his career, he has held a variety of positions, ranging from Process Engineer to Vice President of Operations. He has also worked in various jurisdictions in Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. Over the last 10 years, Jean-François has been involved in multiple turnaround reorganizations of operations. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Wood Engineering from Université Laval. Jean-François is fluent in both French and English.

Claudio Cotrim is a senior executive with solid experience in the operational and strategic management of large industrial companies, with a focus on globalized markets. He leads the Paper Excellence Brazil operation and  has more than a decade of experience working in the pulp and paper sector. Mr. Cotrim has extensive experience in finance, human resources, corporate planning, legal and supply chain for large companies over the span of nearly 30 years. He began his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young and has a degree in administration and a MBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas.

Steve Henry is Domtar’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, responsible for leading the company’s pulp, paper and packaging operations and commercial functions. Steve will succeed John Williams as Domtar’s president and chief executive officer when Williams retires on June 30, 2023.

Steve is a senior pulp and paper executive with 27 years of experience who is skilled at delivering performance as well as building and executing strategic roadmaps. His career has spanned diverse roles in strategy, project management, and general management in corporate and mill environments with International Paper, Weyerhaeuser, Georgia-Pacific. He joined Domtar general manager of the Hawesville, Kentucky, paper mill following its acquisition from Weyerhaeuser in 2011. He was named TAPPI/PIMA Mill Manager of the Year in 2016.

Prior to leading the packaging business, Steve was Domtar’s vice president of strategy and business analysis, responsible for building a company-wide project management structure to help identify markets, products, and opportunities to innovate or commercialize new technology to meet customer needs. He also led work to achieve long-term growth and meet Domtar’s strategic objectives.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He previously served on the Board of Directors and as chairman at both Prisma Renewable Composites, LLC and Kenergy Corp.