Maarten Van Hoven

Mr Van Hoven joined Sappi in December 2011. Mr Van Hoven is an admitted attorney of the High Court in South Africa. Prior to joining Sappi, he was employed at the Competition Commission of South Africa, managing the Mergers and Acquisitions Department. He has 20 years’ practical legal experience in the areas of Corporate, Commercial and Competition Law, both in private and public sectors and often leading teams of professionals. During his career at Sappi, Mr Van Hoven has been responsible for coordinating and creating Sappi’s 2020Vision and has been leading certain of the major asset disposals and/or acquisitions in which Sappi had been involved during the last few years. As well as being a member of the Group Executive Committee, he has joined the boards of Sappi Europe, Sappi North America and Sappi Southern Africa as an executive director. Mr Van Hoven is also the custodian of the Sappi Code of Ethics and Group Legal Compliance Programme.