Christian Ribeyrolle

Christian Ribeyrolle was appointed Senior Vice President, High Purity Cellulose and President, France Business in August 2026, following a career of more than 30 years in the paper and specialty cellulose industry.

Christian joined Tembec in 2003 as General Manager of the Tartas plant in France and joined Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) following its acquisition of Tembec in November 2017.

Throughout his career with Tembec and RYAM, Christian has held a series of senior leadership positions, including Global Sales Director for Cellulose Specialties; Senior Vice President of Sales and Production Services; and Executive Vice President of the Cellulose Specialties Business Unit, with responsibility for production, sales, R&D and finance. In 2010, he was appointed President of Tembec France, a role he continued to hold as President of Rayonier Advanced Materials France following the acquisition. In November 2021, Christian was named Vice President of Biomaterials.

Prior to joining Tembec, Christian began his career in the aeronautics industry before holding various management positions within the Ahlstrom Group.

Christian studied chemical engineering at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (National School of Chemistry in Clermont-Ferrand).