Veritiv Corporation announced that Salvatore A. Abbate (Sal) has been named the company's Chief Executive Officer as Mary A. Laschinger, current Chairman and CEO, retires from the organization. Both appointments are effective September 30, 2020. Mr. Abbate joined Veritiv in April 2018 as the Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer responsible for enterprise strategy and Category Management. In January 2020, he was named Chief Operating Officer responsible for all Packaging and Facility Solutions commercial operations including Sales, Commercial Excellence, Developing Businesses, Veritiv Canada, as well as all Veritiv Supply Chain Operations. Mr. Abbate joined Veritiv from Andersen Windows & Doors Inc. where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer responsible for the marketing, sales, product development, customer service, logistics and field service organizations. Prior to that, he was Vice President – Global Sales and Marketing for the Performance Films Division of Solutia Inc. Mr. Abbate also spent more than 15 years in various roles in sales, marketing, field operations, manufacturing, and process improvement for several divisions of Armstrong World Industries Inc.