Greif Executive Vice President John Lilak Announces His Pending Retirement
April 29 2005 - 8:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
Greif Executive Vice President John Lilak Announces His Pending
Retirement DELAWARE, Ohio, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- John
Lilak, Greif executive vice president and president of the
company's timber subsidiary Soterra LLC, has announced he will
retire from his position Oct. 31, the end of the company's 2005
fiscal year. Greif is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbols GEF and GEF.B. Beginning Nov. 1, Lilak will work for
Greif in a limited capacity on special projects, including
performance management, executive development and company-wide
personnel-related issues. Lilak plans to fully retire in April
2007. A successor will be named at a later date. Completing more
than 35 years in sales, marketing, and management roles in the
packaging, paper and forest resources businesses, Lilak joined
Greif in 1999 from Union Camp/International Paper. There he served
as general sales and marketing manager for the Container Division,
group general manager for Performance Packaging, and international
sales and marketing manager for the Kraft Paper and Board Division.
Lilak is past chairman and Executive Committee board member of the
Fibre Box Association (FBA). He also serves on the executive board
for Containerboard for the American Forest & Products
Association (AF&PA), and is a past director of the
International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF). A graduate of
the University of Memphis, Lilak has attended executive sessions at
the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business
Administration and the Kellogg Graduate School of Northwestern
University. Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF; GEF.B) is the world leader in
industrial packaging products and services. The company provides
extensive experience in steel, plastic, fibre, corrugated and
multiwall containers and protective packaging for a wide range of
industries. Greif also produces containerboard and manages timber
properties in North America. Greif is strategically positioned in
more than 40 countries to serve global as well as regional
customers. Additional information is on the company's Web site at
http://www.greif.com/ . DATASOURCE: Greif, Inc. CONTACT: Deb
Strohmaier, APR, Director, Communications of Greif, Inc.,
+1-740-549-6074, or Web site: http://www.greif.com/
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