Robert M. Amen (born 1950) served as president of

International Paper The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 56,000 employees, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. History The company was incorporated January 31 ...

from 2003 to 2006. He served as the chairman and CEO of

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from 2006 to 2009. He is Chairman of the Deming Center Advisory Board at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. He is chairman of

Verso Paper Verso Corporation, now Billerud Americas Corporation, was a North American producer of coated papers including coated groundwood, coated freesheet, and specialty products. The company restructured in 2016 following Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Verso C ...

Early life and education

He was born in

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in 1949. He has a bachelor's degree from

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

and an

M.B.A. A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from

Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and is one ...

, where he graduated in 1973.

Career

Amen joined

in 1980 as an assistant treasurer. From 1996 to 2000, he served as the president of International Paper, Europe, residing in Belgium. He was an

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from 2000 to 2003 and was president of International Paper from 2003 to March 2006. He served as the chairman and

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from July 1, 2006, to September 30, 2009. He was replaced by Douglas Tough. He served as a director of

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starting on October 1, 2007, until it was acquired by

Pfizer Pfizer Inc. ( ) is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in 1849 in New York by two German entrepreneurs, Charles Pfizer ...

in October 2009. He served as the non-executive director of

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from June 10, 2010, to December 31, 2015. He became

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on August 31, 2016. Under his tenure the corporate headquarters were moved from Tennessee to

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References

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