Sealed Air Announces Planned Retirement of Karl Deily, Chief Commercial Officer, After 40 Years of Service
October 28 2020 - 7:01AM
Business Wire
Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) today announced that Karl
Deily, SVP, Chief Commercial Officer, plans to retire from Sealed
Air on April 2, 2021 and will transition to an advisory role for
the Company at the end of the year.
“We appreciate Karl’s tremendous contributions and leadership to
Sealed Air throughout his 40 years of service,” said Ted Doheny,
President and Chief Executive Officer. “Karl has played an integral
role in shaping Sealed Air into the industry leader it is today and
positioning us well for future growth. We wish him all the best in
his retirement and look forward to a smooth transition with him
taking on an advisory role.”
“I’d like to express my personal gratitude to the colleagues
that I have worked with over the past four decades. I’ve had the
opportunity to work with many passionate and creative people who
are dedicated to the success of Sealed Air and continually adding
value to our customers,” said Deily. “I would like to thank Ted and
our Board of Directors for the opportunity to lead by example and
actively contribute to our transformation and bringing innovation
to the packaging industry and markets that we serve. I had an
incredible journey at Sealed Air and have all the confidence that I
am leaving behind a talented team ready to make a positive,
sustainable change to the world where we live and work.”
Effective January 1, 2021, Sealed Air’s regional leaders –
Tobias Grasso, President of the Americas, Kevin Piccione, President
of Asia Pacific (APAC) and Gerd Wichmann, President of Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will be part of Sealed Air’s
executive leadership team and report directly to Ted Doheny,
President and Chief Executive Officer.
Tobias Grasso, President of the
Americas. In his role, Tobias Grasso leads our North America
and South America regions. He has more than 30 years of management
experience in the food and beverage industries from farming to
processing and commercialization. Tobias served in several
management and leadership positions at Cargill and The Mosaic
Company.
Gerd Wichmann, President of EMEA. Gerd
Wichmann leads our EMEA region. He joined Sealed Air in 1994,
starting his career with Cryovac as application engineer. After
three years as an application engineer, he served in various
marketing and business leadership roles for Europe and EMEA. Most
recently, Gerd served as Vice President & General Manager of
Protective Packaging EMEA.
Kevin Piccione, President of APAC.
Kevin Piccione leads our APAC region. He joined Sealed Air in 2000
and has held several leadership positions in New Zealand, Australia
and Asia. Kevin has decades of experience in the packaging industry
and prior to Sealed Air held roles of increasing seniority at
Nampak and Holmes Packaging. He started his career at Deloitte in
South Africa.
“I’m confident that these leadership succession appointments
will further accelerate our Reinvent SEE transformation to
world-class performance, and lead Sealed Air into our vision of
sustainability, automation and digital growth,” concluded
Doheny.
About Sealed Air
Sealed Air is in business to protect, to solve critical
packaging challenges, and to leave our world better than we found
it. Our portfolio of leading packaging solutions includes CRYOVAC ®
brand food packaging, SEALED AIR ® brand protective packaging,
AUTOBAG ® brand automated systems, and BUBBLE WRAP ® brand
packaging, which collectively enable a safer, more efficient food
supply chain and protect valuable goods shipped around the world.
Sealed Air generated $4.8 billion in sales in 2019 and has
approximately 16,500 employees who serve customers in 124
countries. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
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