Amcor has named two executives to new positions, appointments that the company says are designed to accelerate organic growth in the business.
Fred Stephan, previously president of Amcor Flexibles North America, has been named chief operating officer and will be responsible for enhancing the company’s ability to leverage and accelerate profitable growth opportunities across the global flexible packaging businesses, ensuring coordinated execution between business operations and commercial teams.
David Clark, previously Amcor vice president of sustainability, has been appointed to the new chief sustainability officer role. He will be responsible for Amcor’s sustainability strategies and policies, overseeing their implementation across the company.
They will report directly to Peter Konieczny, Amcor CEO.
“At this stage in the company’s evolution, we have a valuable opportunity to accelerate organic growth by leveraging our global footprint and scale more effectively,” Konieczny said in a statement. “By introducing the chief operating officer role, we are evolving our organization structure to help facilitate greater collaboration and drive faster growth across our flexibles business.”
In addition, the chief sustainability officer role enables the company to further increase its focus on growth opportunities by continuing to unlock “commercializing solutions that drive the industry toward a circular economy for packaging, while reducing carbon footprint,” he added.
Stephan, who is based in Deerfield, Illinois, has been a member of the company’s global management team since joining Amcor in June 2019 with the acquisition of Bemis Company, where he was president of Bemis North America. He has also had oversight of the Amcor Flexibles Latin America business since April 2024. Clark, who is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, joined Amcor in 2004 and has held various roles that advanced Amcor’s sustainability efforts, according to the company.