Veritiv Corp., Atlanta, Ga., USA, a North American leader in business-to-business distribution solutions, has announced the appointment of David Flitman to the company's board of directors. Flitman also will be a member of the board's audit and finance committee. 

"I am pleased to welcome Dave to the Veritiv Board of Directors," said Mary Laschinger, chairman and CEO of Veritiv. "His sales, marketing, and operations experience in the distribution industry will be a strong complement to our board's current composition and will serve Veritiv well."

Flitman currently serves as EVP of Performance Food Group Co. (PFG) and President and CEO of Performance Foodservice, PFG's broadline business segment. Prior to this role, he was COO at Univar, a leading global distributor of industrial and specialty chemicals. Flitman had previously served Univar as EVP, president of Univar USA, and chief supply chain officer. Before that, he was EVP and president of Ecolab Water and Process Service after several years in executive leadership roles at Nalco. Earlier in his career, Flitman was president of Allegheny Power, following nearly 20 years at DuPont in operational, commercial, and global business leadership positions. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University.  

Veritiv is a North American business-to-business distributor of packaging, facility solutions, print, and publishing products and services, and also a provider of logistics and supply chain management solutions. Serving customers in a wide range of industries, the company has approximately 170 operating distribution centers throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and employs approximately 8,700 people.