Dayton Daily News (Ohio), January 19, 2005, Wednesday

Copyright 2005 Dayton Newspapers, Inc.
Dayton Daily News (Ohio)

January 19, 2005 Wednesday

SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A4

HEADLINE: Mead veteran to be CEO of new company

BYLINE: By Shannon Joyce Neal sjneal@DaytonDailyNews.com

BODY:
DAYTON - Peter H. Vogel, 51, a Mead Corp. veteran who started with the company nearly 25 years ago, will become chief executive officer of the new company created from MeadWestvaco Corp.'s Papers Group.
Vogel, who served as vice president of MeadWestvaco and president of the company's Papers Group, joined Mead's financial planning department in 1980 as a senior financial adviser.
He rose through the ranks of the company, serving in Mead's Zellerbach and Gilbert Paper divisions.
In 1981, he served as acting director of Mead's corporate development, and was named manager of the Mead corporate planning department and forest products planning in 1982.
He was appointed vice president of administration for the Fine Papers Division in 1983.
In 1987, Vogel became vice president and director of marketing, printing papers, for Mead Merchants, and then vice president and director of marketing, printing papers, for Zellerbach.
Vogel became vice president of printing paper marketing for the Piedmont Area and general manager of Zellerbach, Atlanta, in 1988 and was appointed president of Zellerbach's Central Area in 1989.
He was named president of Gilbert Paper in 1993, and became president of the Zellerbach Division in 1997.
In 1998, he became vice president for business affairs and was promoted in December 1999 to vice president of finance and treasurer. In May 2000, he took on the responsibility of purchasing and logistics.
When Mead Corp. and Westvaco Corp. merged, Vogel was named vice president, corporate services.
Last year, Vogel was promoted to president of MeadWestvaco's Papers Group. He also served as interim chief financial officer.
Vogel holds a bachelor of science degree in industrial and labor relations and a master's of business administration in finance from Cornell University.
Before joining Mead, Vogel spent five years with Owens-Illinois in financial management assignments.