Markus Gärtner, 43

Chief Executive Officer, Corrugated Packaging

Appointed: October 2018

Committee membership: Executive

Qualifications: Doctorate of Technical Sciences from ETH Zürich and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Experience: Markus joined Mondi in September 2018 as CEO of Mondi’s Fibre Packaging / Paper business unit. Since 2019, he is responsible for the entire corrugated value chain as CEO Corrugated Packaging.

Markus has significant industrial and international business experience. He started his career at McKinsey & Company, working on numerous operational and strategic projects across a variety of industries. Markus went on to join Novelis AG, where he held various roles in strategy and sales with growing responsibility until he became the head of one of Novelis’ three businesses as Vice President & General Manager Specialities. In this capacity, he was responsible for a diverse range of applications, including consumer packaging solutions and industrial products.