Chicago — Paul Hogan, who has helped lead Nelipak Healthcare Packaging in its growth as an independent company, has been named the 2016 Plastics News CFO of the Year.
Hogan was announced as the winner June 16 at the Plastics Financial Summit in Chicago.
The award honors financial leaders at North American plastics processors who have helped their companies achieve growth and financial success.
Hogan has been with Cranston, R.I.-based Nelipak since April 2014, shortly after it was purchased from Sealed Air Corp. by Mason Wells, a private equity firm. Find a profile of him here. More on the award and the summit will be published in Plastics News.
Other finalists for the 2016 award were:
• Dan Fischer, CKS Packaging Inc.
• Jon Smith, Continental Structural Plastics Inc.
• Steve Berkenpas, Primera Plastics Inc.
This is the second time Plastics News has given out the award. The 2015 CFO of the Year was Morgan Endecott of Innovative Injection Technologies Inc.