Avery Dennison Corporation announced that its board of directors has appointed Ward Dickson as a director, effective June 1, 2024. Dickson, 61, served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for WestRock Company, a leading sustainable, fiber-based packaging solutions company with $20.3 billion in fiscal 2023 revenues, from July 2015 to November 2021. Dickson served in the same capacity at RockTenn Company, one of WestRock?s predecessor companies, from September 2013 to July 2015.

He previously served in finance positions of increasing responsibility at Cisco Systems Inc. Dickson has a BS in Business from Indiana University. Concurrent with his Board appointment and also upon the recommendation of the Governance Committee, Mr. Dickson was appointed by the Board to serve as the Chair of its Audit Committee and as a member of its Finance Committee.