Wood is responsible for the company's Sonoco-Alcore subsidiary, based in Brussels, Belgium, which operates 30 tube and core plants and five paperboard mills in Europe. Wood began his career with Sonoco in 2003 as European sales director. During the next 10 years he progressed through various positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as regional sales manager for the company's North America Industrial Products Division. Prior to this appointment, Wood was division VP and GM, Industrial Europe.

 

"We are fortunate to have someone with Adam's knowledge and experience leading our European Industrial operations," said Jack Sanders, Sonoco's president and CEO. "Adam is uniquely qualified for this new leadership position given his track record of steadily improving the performance of our market leading tube and core business in Europe. His perspective on key markets we serve, combined with his service as a member of our global management team, will prove to be invaluable to our organization as we strive to expand our business in both established and emerging regions of Europe and the Middle East."

 

Wood holds a MBA degree from the Bradford University School of Management and was qualified by the Chartered Institute of Management. He reports to John Colyer, SVP, Global Industrial Products and Protective Solutions.