Rob van der Merwe
Chairman, President and CEO
Mr. van der Merwe has served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Checkpoint Systems, Inc. since January 2009. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2007 and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since October 2007.
Mr. van der Merwe has extensive experience in the global retail and consumer marketplaces. Prior to joining Checkpoint, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Paxar Corporation, a provider of merchandising systems to retail and apparel customers, before Paxar was sold to Avery Dennison Corporation in 2007. He held executive positions at Kimberly-Clark Corporation from 1980 to 1987 and from 1994 to 2005, including serving as Group President of Kimberly-Clark's multi-billion dollar global consumer tissue business and Group President of Europe, Middle East and Africa. Mr. van der Merwe also held managerial positions at Xerox Corporation and Colgate-Palmolive Company.
Mr. van der Merwe is a graduate of the University of Miami in Florida. In addition he has completed executive development programs at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and Stanford-National University of Singapore.
He also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross - South Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter.