DUNCAN, BC, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) ("Western") today announced that Paul Ireland, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities on or about September 30, 2007. Reynold Hert, President and Chief Executive Officer commented "I would like to thank Paul for his efforts while at Western and wish him success in the future."
Mr. Ireland joined the company in January 2005 and had overall responsibility for the financial organization. The company is conducting a search for a CFO to succeed Mr. Ireland.
Western Forest Products
Western is an integrated Canadian forest products company and the largest coastal British Columbia woodland operator and lumber producer with an annual available harvest of approximately 7.5 million cubic metres of timber of which 7.3 million cubic metres is from Crown lands and 0.2 million cubic metres from private timberlands and lumber capacity in excess of 1.5 billion board feet from eight sawmills and four remanufacturing plants. Principal activities conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries include timber harvesting, reforestation, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added remanufacturing. Substantially all of Western's operations, employees and corporate facilities are located in the coastal region of British Columbia while its products are sold in over 20 countries worldwide.
CONTACT: Reynold Hert, President & CEO, (250) 715-2207; Gary Ley, (604) 787-5467
