Finance professionals in Paper and forest products
Mill controllership is the common thread in this paper and forest products finance group: Andrew Smith CPA, CMA and Lassi Kujanpää have both held mill controller titles, and Weyerhaeuser lumber planning and Stora Enso's Forest Division sit alongside former CFOs of Verso Corporation and J K Paper. Worth a call before approving mill capital, setting a wood supply budget or reworking manufacturing cost reporting.
Professionals to explore
Aaron Storts
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Finance and Planning Lumber · Weyerhaeuser
Aaron Storts has held five roles at Weyerhaeuser: Director of Finance and Planning Lumber (2015–2025), a director of finance and planning role in Finance Technology since 2023, Finance & Planning Manager Analytics Supply Chain (2012–2014), Senior Financial Analyst OSB Business (Assignment) in 2011–2012 and Sr. Analyst-Sales & Operations Planning (2006–2010). Storts fits questions on lumber business planning and finance systems.
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Allen Campbell
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Vice President and CFO · Verso Corporation
Allen Campbell was Senior Vice President and CFO at Verso Corporation, a paper and forest product manufacturer, from 2015 to 2021. Other roles were EVP and CFO at Cooper Standard (1998–2015) and Director of Finance at Dow (1980–1998). With two CFO titles, Campbell suits questions on financing, capital allocation and investor communication for a paper company.
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Andrew Smith CPA, CMA
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance - Paper · Domtar
Andrew Smith CPA, CMA has been Director of Finance - Paper at Domtar since 2021, after Senior manager accounting projects (2019–2021) and Paper Mill Controller (2012–2019) there. Other roles were Plant Controller at Avery Dennison (2008–2012) and Financial Analyst at SPX Thermal Product Solutions (2004–2008). Seven years as a paper mill controller suit questions on mill cost accounting and monthly results.
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Anu Kalliomäki
LinkedInExperience: SVP Controlling & Strategy, Forest Division · Stora Enso
Anu Kalliomäki is SVP Controlling & Strategy, Forest Division at Stora Enso (since 2020), after SVP Controlling & Strategy, Wood Supply (2019–2020) and VP Commercial management and Controlling (2018–2019). Earlier Stora Enso roles were Business Controller, BU Containerboards (2016–2018) and VP Operations Business Controlling, Paper (2014–2016). Wood supply and forest controlling make Kalliomäki the call on fiber cost planning.
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Chris Kienzle
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director · Phoenix Paper LLC
Chris Kienzle has been Finance Director at Phoenix Paper LLC since 2021. At Georgia-Pacific LLC the roles were Controller Director - Manufacturing Planning & Analysis (2011–2021), Regional Controller (2007–2011), Division Controller (2006–2007) and Sr. Director - Investor Relations (2004–2006). Kienzle mentions corporate, divisional and manufacturing-location roles, a good fit for planning across several paper plants.
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Claudia Progin Hunt
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Finance · White Mountain Paper Company
Claudia Progin Hunt has been Vice President of Finance at White Mountain Paper Company since 2021 and was Controller at Gorham Paper and Tissue (2016–2020). Controller roles also include Lawton Company (Controller-Project Manager, 2014–2016), Bar Harbor Bank & Trust (2011–2014) and Upper Valley Press/Target Direct (2008–2011). Progin Hunt suits questions on finance at a paper and tissue company.
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Dayne Shelton
LinkedInExperience: Financial Director · DS Smith
Since 2022, Dayne Shelton has been Financial Director at DS Smith, responsible for finance and accounting for paper manufacturing. Georgia-Pacific LLC roles include Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (2018–2022), Financial Planning and Analysis Lead (2014–2018), Sr. Manager of Analysis (2011–2014) and Shift Supervisor (2001–2005). Shelton cites capital solutions and operations positions, useful on mill capital cases.
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Kumaraswamy Virupakshan
LinkedInExperience: Former CFO and Head Strategy IT · J K Paper
Kumaraswamy Virupakshan was CFO and Head Strategy IT at J K Paper from 2005 to 2022, handling finance, accounting, strategy and IT, plus overseas and domestic M&A and joint ventures. Other roles were General Manager at Atul Ltd (1998–2005) and CFO and Head Southern Region at ITC BhadrachalamFinance (1992–1997); Virupakshan has been a Research Scholar at Management Development Institute, Gurgaon since 2022.
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Lassi Kujanpää
LinkedInExperience: Former Mill Controller, Imatra Mills, BU Consumer Board at Packaging Materials, Stora Enso Oyj · Stora Enso
Lassi Kujanpää was Mill Controller, Imatra Mills, BU Consumer Board at Packaging Materials, Stora Enso Oyj from 2015 to 2023 and Mill Controller, Imatra Fine Paper (2008–2010), with a Controller role at Stora Enso in between. Kujanpää has been Director Head of Finance & control at Ovako Imatra since 2024, and names SAP ERP and both paper and steel industry experience. A fit for consumer board mill controlling questions.
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Stacey Abbott
LinkedInExperience: VP Finance, North America · Billerud
Stacey Abbott is VP Finance, North America at Billerud (since 2024) and was Senior Director Group Finance there (2022–2024). At Verso the roles were Director Mfg Reporting & Analysis (2017–2022) and Senior Sourcing Manager (2015–2017), with Controller at Verso Paper Corp. from 2002 to 2015. Manufacturing reporting plus sourcing gives Abbott a view of how mill input costs reach the numbers.
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Choose the right perspective
Allen Campbell and Kumaraswamy Virupakshan held company CFO titles and are the ones for capital structure, deals or board-level questions. For a single mill's costs and capital requests, Andrew Smith CPA, CMA, Lassi Kujanpää, Dayne Shelton and Chris Kienzle are closer to the floor; Anu Kalliomäki and Aaron Storts cover wood supply and lumber planning, while Stacey Abbott (VP Finance, North America at Billerud) and Claudia Progin Hunt (Vice President of Finance at White Mountain Paper Company) cover company finance outside the mill.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build a mill's annual budget when pulp, energy and fiber costs can swing by double digits within the year?
- 02What does a strong capital request for a paper machine rebuild or mill upgrade look like, and what makes you reject one?
- 03How should wood supply costs be planned and charged between a forest division and the mills it supplies?
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