Edwards Dunlop headhunts PaperlinX honchos in Australia and NZ

Accounting for approximately 24 per cent of the market, the Edwards Dunlop Group encompasses Raleigh Paper in Australia and leading merchant BJ Ball in New Zealand. According to the company's release the expansion of the senior management team is designed to strengthen sales, customer service and distribution for the New Year.

Former general manager of PaperlinX New Zealand Andrew Bull (top) joined BJ Ball Papers as CEO on the 1st December 2004. Edwards Dunlop purchased BJ Ball, the Group’s NZ merchanting arm, from CHH in 2002.

Gordon Anthonisz, (right) former general manager of Dalton Web Paper, joined Edwards Dunlop on January 17th as general manager of Edwards Dunlop Paper. Anthonisz will initially be based in Melbourne, but is expected to move to Sydney in the latter part of 2005.

Craig Flavell, (below) formerly manager of business-to-business operations at WC Penfold is now divisional manager Edwards Dunlop Office Products.

While business services for Edwards Dunlop Group will remain in the Melbourne office, key functional roles will relocate to Sydney during the year to allow Tony Dragicevich to have his senior executives working as a close team.