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 30, 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 a member of the Board of Directors of Owens Corning (NYSE: OC); and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Form Technologies, Inc., a privately held leading global group of precision component manufacturers based in Charlotte, N.C. He is also President of the Board of Directors of the British American Business Council, Charlotte, N.C. that supports bilateral trade and investment between the U.S. and the U.K.; a board member for nonprofit Camp Blue Skies Foundation, which is dedicated to enhancing the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities; Chairman of Trustees for the Palisades Episcopal School, a private school in Mecklenburg county; and a member of the Board of Directors of the Charlotte Symphony.
