Kingsey Falls, Quebec (News release) - Cascades Inc. announces the appointment of François Fillion, currently Vice-President, Finance for the Packaging sector, as Vice-President, Excellence. He will succeed Emmanuelle Migneault, recently appointed Chief Human Resources Officer.

François Fillion holds a bachelor's degree in commerce with a major in accounting from McGill University and a graduate degree in accounting from the Université du Québec à Montréal, and joined Cascades in 2009. He began his career as a financial analyst. Since then, he has held a number of key positions, including Director, Accounting and Consolidation, Corporate Controller and Vice-President, Finance for our corporate operations, and then successively for our Tissue and Packaging sectors.

François Fillion rose through the ranks at Cascades thanks to his skills, leadership and ability to mobilize high-performance teams. He also successfully completed several strategic and structuring projects that have helped transform the organization.

"We are thrilled to promote François to the position of Vice-President, Excellence," said Hugues Simon, President and CEO of Cascades. "He is a capable leader driven to make Cascades a more efficient, agile and high-performing company. His in-depth knowledge of our organization and leadership skills will be invaluable in furthering the integration our culture of excellence and helping our teams prioritize and implement value-generating initiatives. Thanks to François, we will continue transforming Cascades to support our growth, focusing on optimizing our assets and people while bringing our core values to life."