President & CEO Duncan Davies to step down at end of 2019; Ian Fillinger appointed President & CEO effective January 1, 2020

By Interfor Corporation
Global Newswire
August 26, 2019
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada West

Duncan Davies

VANCOUVER — INTERFOR CORPORATION  announced today that long-time President & CEO Duncan Davies will step down on December 31, 2019 and that Ian Fillinger, currently the Company’s Senior Vice President & COO, has been appointed President & CEO effective January 1, 2020.  Mr. Fillinger will also serve on the Company’s Board of Directors following this date. Mr. Davies joined Interfor in June 1998, was appointed President in December of that year and CEO in February 2000.  Over the last 20 years he has led the transformation of Interfor from a small regional producer, located primarily on the BC Coast, into the 4th largest lumber company in the world with operations in Canada and the United States. …Mr. Davies, who will also step down from his role as a director of the Company, has agreed to remain with the Company in an advisory capacity through the end of 2020.   

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