• Sonoco aligned its Global Consumer Packaging businesses under a single leadership structure reporting to Ernest Haynes, President, Global Consumer Packaging.
• Haynes will lead a segment with roughly $5.2 billion in annual sales, 98 operations in 25 countries, serving global consumer brands.
• He previously led Sonoco’s Consumer, Americas business; earlier ran Metal Packaging North America following the Ball Metalpack acquisition in 2022.
• Sean Cairns, President, Sonoco EMEA/APAC, is leaving the company following 17 years at Sonoco.

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