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Article

12 Aug 2007

Author:
Margie Inggs, Business Report [So. Africa]

Austrian boss at Mondi is keen on empowerment [So. Africa]

The fight against injustice drives Otto Pichler, who has been the managing director of Mondi Business Paper South Africa [part of Anglo American] since July last year. "In managing a company you can do a lot about that," he says. "In my previous position…we had a huge women empowerment programme, which we plan to implement here.”…One of the problems Mondi faces in South Africa is the contentious relationship with its neighbouring communities, who claim that its plants impact on the health of residents in the area.