Sarah Macdonald Announces Retirement After Leading Company Through Significant Growth and Transformation

Novvia Group, a leading provider of rigid packaging solutions, announced the appointment of Bob Boucher as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective today.

Boucher succeeds Sarah Macdonald, who has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2021 and who will continue to serve on Novvia's Board of Directors. Boucher has more than three decades of executive leadership experience leading multi-billion-dollar industrial services organizations, including CEO positions at Waste Harmonics Keter, WIN Waste Innovations, Transpacific Industries, and Wheelabrator Technologies, and executive leadership roles at Republic Services and Allied Waste. Bob brings a proven track record of growth and a commitment to operational excellence.

"Bob has deep experience growing large multinational organizations into global leaders," said Ken Roessler, Executive Chairman of the Novvia Board. "We are aligned with Bob through our shared values and ambitious vision for the future, and we are thrilled to have someone of his caliber and experience drive the company's next chapter of transformational growth."

"I'm honored to step into this role and build on the incredible foundation the team has created at Novvia," commented Boucher. "We have a tremendous opportunity to accelerate our momentum and build on our strengths-further uniting our people, investing in our growth, and delivering exceptional service and value to our customers and valued partners."

Sarah Macdonald's retirement marks the culmination of a remarkable career in leadership, highlighted by her tenure as CEO of Novvia since 2021 and C.L. Smith from 2017 to 2021. She will continue to share her insight and experience as a member of Novvia's Board, ensuring continuity and perspective going forward.

"It has been an extraordinary journey-building a market leader, fostering an incredible team, and achieving so much together. I look forward to supporting Bob and the entire Novvia team as the company continues on its incredible growth trajectory," said Macdonald.

About Novvia Group

Novvia Group is a leader in high-quality packaging solutions and customized services with domestic and international customers across a myriad of industries. Through its family of dynamic companies, comprised of Inmark, C.L. Smith, Silver Spur, Container Supply, Fox Valley, Rhino, Novvia Canada, Southern Container, Duval Container, Rios, Auberst, Innovative Container, Rahway, Northern Container, Ocean State, JWJ Packaging, Liquid Bottles, Saxco, MegaChem, and GHI, Novvia has set a new industry standard as a national stocking distributor with a comprehensive suite of containers and supplies, trusted local relationships and 40+ years of best-in-class customer service. For more information, please visit www.novviagroup.com.

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