Punch Graphix strengthens management team

Punch Graphix strengthens management team


Punch Graphix has appointed Paul Willems as chief marketing & strategy officer. He will be responsible for the global marketing activities for the Punch Graphix brand products Xeikon and basysPrint, as well as for developing and setting the strategy for the Punch Graphix group.


Willems has over 15 years experience in the global graphic arts industry, covering prepress and digital printing. He joins Punch Graphix from McKinsey&Co where he was global senior manager of the McKinsey&Co strategy practice. Prior to this he held several senior management positions at NexPress, a joint venture of Kodak and Heidelberg, and later a subsidiary of Kodak Graphic Communications Group, managing the strategy and marketing of NexPress professional solutions and services worldwide. Willems holds a Masters degree in Commercial Engineering and an MBA.


‘We are delighted that Paul is joining us,’ said Wim Deblauwe, CEO of Punch Graphix. ‘He brings a wealth of industry expertise and deep knowledge of management and strategy from his time at McKinsey&Co. His addition to our management team puts us in an excellent position to create further growth opportunities for the company and to extend the value we bring to our customers and the markets they serve.’