The board members of Middle East Paper Company accepted the resignation of Sami Ali Al Safran as the company's CEO. Jan Renders, a current board member, took over as an acting CEO of MEPCO on 13 June. Renders holds a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Technology Eindhoven.

He has experience in the packaging industry and as a business consultant with key private equity firms, such as Carlyle, Blackstone, One Equity Partners Europe, and 3i Netherlands. He served as a board member of Duropack GmbH from 2012 to 2015 and as CEO from 2013 to 2015. Before that, the official was Chairman of OTOR Société Anonyme, from 2006 to 2010.