Georgia-Pacific Corp. announced the appointment of Simon Davies to president of recycled fibers, the company's recycled fiber brokerage subsidiary, effective immediately. Davies, formerly senior vice president - fiber management, will succeed Harmon’s founders Joyce and Norman Harvey, who are retiring at the end of this year.
Davies will assume direct responsibility for Harmon's sales and operations, in addition to his broader responsibility for Georgia-Pacific's recycled fiber business and recycled fiber strategy.
"Harmon Associates has prospered under Joyce and Norman's leadership over the past 35 years into a global fiber company," said Wes Jones, president of G-P’s pulp group. "The company's long-term strategy is to grow its recycled fiber business domestically and internationally, and Simon Davies brings a wealth of experience in dealing with global customers. Joyce and Norman will work with Simon to ensure a smooth transition and will continue to consult for Harmon Associates during 2004."
Other changes within the Harmon Associates organization are as follows:
Marc Forman, formerly vice president strategic and financial planning, has been appointed vice president and chief operations officer.
Sharyn Harvey, formerly vice president - operations, has been appointed vice president - human resources, information technology and facilities.
William Schlenger will remain vice president - Harmon international, and Eric Schnell will remain controller for Harmon.
George Falcon, director - international business development for the fiber group, has been promoted to vice president - international business development. In addition to his current duties, Falcon will be responsible for developing strategies to further enhance and expand Harmon's international business.
"These changes provide us with the opportunity to utilize our internal talent and provide our businesses with an organizational structure to meet the needs of all our customers and ensure continued success for Georgia-Pacific's recycled fiber business," Jones said.
Harmon Associates is the largest paper recycler in the world without plant operations. The firm purchased more than 5 million tons of recycled fiber in 2002 and supplied more than 2 million tons of de-ink fiber to Georgia-Pacific's tissue mills and 1.2 million tons of brown grade material to Georgia-Pacific's containerboard mills.