PFNonwovens
New CEO in long-planned succession

Bodford will step down from all executive and statutory positions he holds in the PFN group and will become a non-executive member of the PFN Holding Board of Directors.
Ballay joins PFN from Berry Global Group, Inc., Evansville, IN/USA, where he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager for the Health, Hygiene & Specialties Division in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India (EMEIA). He joined Avintiv Inc., a Berry Global acquisition, in July 2013 as their Vice President for Sales and Product Development EMEIA after spending 16 years with General Electric Corp., Boston, MA/USA, progressing through leadership roles in Information Technologies, Lean 6 Sigma, Commercial and General Management.
Ballay is a board member of the international association serving the nonwovens and related industries, Edana, Brussels/Belgium, and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from ESADE (Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses), Barcelona/Spain, and a Master’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Grenoble Institute of Technology in Grenoble/France.