Karel van der Mandele
Senior Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer
Karel van der Mandele is the Senior Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer, responsible for leading the Company's strategic transformation, planning and business development. Mr. Van der Mandele joined Graphic Packaging International in January 2026 with more than 20 years of strategy, transformation, and business leadership experience. He previously served as Head of Global Strategy at ManpowerGroup, where he also led the Right Management and Jefferson Wells businesses for North America. Prior to that, Karel led Kimberly-Clark's Health & Wellness Business in North America and Family Care Business in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Before joining Kimberly-Clark, he was a Principal and member of the management team at Booz & Company in Amsterdam, where he led multiple strategy and transformation assignments. Mr. Van der Mandele started his career in brand management at Procter & Gamble. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a master's degree in economics from the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.