Page Overton is happy to announce that Paul Freeman will be joining the team with immediate effect. He will be heading up recruitment on the paper manufacturing and allied industries side. This is a further addition of an industry expert that will strengthen our service to this industrial sector.

Paul Freeman is a highly motivated chartered chemical engineer who has worked in the Paper Industry for the past 27 years.  He gained his first degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham, his masters at Aston University and then later a diploma in Engineering Management.  After an initial period in the chemical industry, he first entered the Paper Making Industry by joining Smith Stone & Knight Ltd. in 1990.  This was just after PM4 had been built and started up and he joined as a Shift Manager.  This was a short lived position as he then held several operational management positions until he became the Operations Director of Smurfit Kappa SSK in 2007.  He has extensive experience in the operation of a Paper Mill and has overseen many safety, environmental, PM technology, efficiency, IT system and personnel changes in his long career there.  He has gained much experience and skills in leadership, operational management and control, business improvements, employee engagement and communications.  With a passion for excellence, he strives to achieve the very best in any assignment, recognising the power of people to make a difference in whatever field they work.