Primary Job Title President and Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization 
Verso
Gender Male
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David J. Paterson has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 2012. Mr. Paterson currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Verso Paper Corp., a North American producer of coated papers, including coated groundwood and coated freesheet, and specialty products, a position he has held since May 2012. From 2007 – 2011, Mr.
Paterson served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of AbitibiBowater Inc. (now doing business as Resolute Forest Products), a global producer of newsprint, coated and specialty papers, market pulp and wood products.
He was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bowater Incorporated during 2007 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Bowater Incorporated from 2006 to 2007. From 1987 to 2006, Mr. Paterson worked in various executive and sales and marketing positions for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, a global manufacturer of tissue, packaging, paper, building products and related chemicals. Mr. Paterson will bring to our Board expertise in the forestry industry and international business transactions.
