John D. Williams serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Paper Excellence Group’s Management Board. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Domtar until June 20, 2023, a position he had held since 2009. Mr. Williams has more than 40 years of experience in consumer products, pulp, paper and packaging. He began his career in consumer products sales in 1976, gaining insight into key market dynamics in the U.K. and the U.S. Upon joining Domtar in 2009, Mr. Williams led Domtar’s transformation from a strictly paper manufacturing enterprise to a significant player in the overall forest products industry.
Mr. Williams is Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) and the Non-Executive Director of Form Technologies, Inc., a privately held leading global group of precision component manufacturers based in Charlotte, North Carolina. 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.