CRANSTON – Roger Prevot has been named CEO of Nelipak Corp. Inc., the company recently announced. He’s succeeding Michael Kelly, who is retiring.
Prevot has been chairman of the company’s board of directors since the acquisition of Nelipak by the equity firm Kohlberg & Company LLC. Prevot is a partner at Kohlberg and was formerly the CEO and president of Graham Packaging, and CEO of Packaging Dynamics Corp.
Kelly served as CEO for five years. He is expected to retire at the end of the month.
The company credited Kelly’s oversight of fostering growth organically, as well as via acquisition to mature the company.
“I am proud of the accomplishments we have achieved together at Nelipak and the recent sale to Kohlberg,” Kelly said in a statement. “Roger’s distinguished track record, together with his strong professional and personal values, make him an outstanding successor to lead Nelipak into the future.”
Prevot’s appointment is effective immediately.
Nelipak manufactures rigid and flexible packaging for the medical-device and pharmaceutical sectors.
Prevot outlined his goals for the company in the announcement of his appointment as CEO, saying, “I look forward to leading Nelipak into the next phase of its development as the legacy Nelipak business is integrated with the former European Healthcare Packaging business of Bemis Corp.”
Chris Bergenheim is the PBN web editor. You may reach him at Bergenheim@PBN.com.
