Executive Team

Michael P. Doss

Michael P. Doss is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Graphic Packaging Holding Company. Prior to January 1, 2016, Mr. Doss held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer from May 20, 2015 through December 31, 2015 and Chief Operating Officer from January 1, 2014 until May 19, 2015. Prior to these positions, he served as the Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations of Graphic Packaging Holding Company. Prior to this, Mr. Doss held the position of Senior Vice President, Consumer Packaging Division. Prior to March 2008, he had served as Senior Vice President, Consumer Products Packaging of Graphic Packaging Corporation since September 2006. From July 2000 until September 2006, he was the Vice President of Operations, Universal Packaging Division. Mr. Doss was Director of Web Systems for the Universal Packaging Division prior to his promotion to Vice President of Operations. Since joining Graphic Packaging International Corporation in 1990, Mr. Doss has held positions of increasing management responsibility, including plant manager at the Gordonsville, TN and Wausau, WI plants. He holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial marketing and a Master of Business Administration in finance, both from Western Michigan University. He is also a graduate of Harvard University’s General Manager Program.

Mr. Doss serves on the Board of Directors for the American Forest & Paper Association, the Sustainable Forest Initiative, the Paper Recycling Coalition, the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Woodruff Arts Center, the American Bird Conservancy, and Regal Rexnord Corporation (RRX).

Brian Davison

Brian Davison is the Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development, responsible for leading the Company’s strategic planning processes and merger and acquisition activities. Brian joined Graphic Packaging International, LLC in December of 2019. He has over 20 years of strategy and corporate development experience having previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development at Conagra Brands and as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development at Hillshire Brands. He also held a number of senior corporate strategy roles at Kraft Foods including Vice President of Strategic Planning, and he worked at the consulting firm that was then known as Booz Allen & Hamilton, where he left as a Principal. Brian holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois.

Michael Farrell

Michael Farrell is the Executive Vice President, Mills Division of Graphic Packaging Holding Company. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Supply Chain since January 2018. Prior to January 2018, Mr. Farrell had served as Vice President, Recycled Board Mills of Graphic Packaging International, LLC and its predecessor companies (“GPI”) from January 1, 2013; Senior Manufacturing Manager of GPI from October 28, 2009 until December 31, 2012. From December 11, 2008 until October 27, 2009, Mr. Farrell was the Manufacturing Manager of the West Monroe, Louisiana mill and from September 1, 2006 until December 10, 2008 was the General Manager of the Middletown, Ohio mill of GPI.

Vish M. Narendra

Vish M. Narendra is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Global Business Services, of Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a position he has held since May 1, 2015. Mr. Narendra joined Graphic Packaging Holding Company from General Electric Company, a focused, global infrastructure leader. Mr. Narendra was with the General Electric Company from September 2001 to April 2015 and served most recently as CIO for the Alstom integration for the GE Power & Water business. From September 2001 to August 2014, Mr. Narendra held a series of roles with increasing responsibility, including a stint as the Asia region CIO for the Energy and Aviation businesses within General Electric Company, CIO for demand management within the Power Generation business and other functional roles. Prior to General Electric Company, Mr. Narendra was with Idea Integration from 1999 to 2001, a provider of digital strategy and application development. Mr. Narendra also worked for System Software Associates from 1994 to 1999.

Jean-Francois Roche

Jean-Francois Roche is the Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Graphic Packaging International. Prior to this, Mr. Roche served as Senior Vice President Sales, International after also serving as Senior Vice President and President, EMEA, and as Vice President, Global Accounts and as Vice President, Sales, EMEA Consumer Products. Mr. Roche joined Graphic Packaging in 2015 from LGR Packaging where he served as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. Prior to that, he spent 25 years at A&R Packaging, a Scandinavian-based multinational consumer packaging provider, working in positions of increasing responsibility which culminated in the position of Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Mr. Roche also serves, since 2017, as the President of the European Carton Makers Association (ECMA), Europe’s folding carton industry association.

Stephen R. Scherger

Stephen R. Scherger is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Graphic Packaging Holding Company. From October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, Mr. Scherger was the Senior Vice President – Finance. From April 2012 through September 2014, Mr. Scherger served as Senior Vice President, Consumer Packaging Division. Mr. Scherger joined Graphic Packaging Holding Company in April of 2012 from MeadWestvaco Corporation, where he served as President, Beverage and Consumer Electronics. Mr. Scherger was with MeadWestvaco Corporation from 1986 to 2012 and held positions including Vice President, Corporate Strategy; Vice President and General Manager, Beverage Packaging; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Papers Group, Vice President Asia Pacific and Latin America, Beverage Packaging, Chief Financial Officer Beverage Packaging and other executive‐level positions.

Mr. Scherger serves on the Board of Directors for The Middleby Corporation, Junior Achievement of Georgia, and The United Way of Greater Atlanta, serving as a Past Chairman. Mr. Scherger also previously served as the Chairman of the Paperboard Packaging Council.

Elizabeth Spence

Elizabeth Spence, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, joined Graphic Packaging in April 2022. Prior to this she was Chief Human Resources Officer at Gypsum Management and Supply, following her role as Vice President of Human Resources at Assurant. Ms. Spence is a seasoned human resources executive, having also spent time at The Coca-Cola Company and AT&T. Ms. Spence earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Education from Vanderbilt University as well as an MBA from Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business.

Lauren S. Tashma

Lauren S. Tashma is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company, serving in this position since February 2014. Previously, Ms. Tashma served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., where she led the legal, compliance and environmental, health and safety functions. Prior to that, Ms. Tashma had various roles with Fortune Brands, Inc., including Vice President and Associate General Counsel.

Joseph P. Yost

Joseph P. Yost is the Executive Vice President and President, Americas, of Graphic Packaging Holding Company. Prior to May 2025, Mr. Yost served as Executive Vice President and President, International since January 2022, following his role as Executive Vice President and President, Americas from January 2017 to January 2022. Prior to 2017, Mr. Yost served as Senior Vice President, Global Beverage and Europe, and in numerous other management positions with the Company and its subsidiaries and predecessors from 1997 through August 2015.