Asem Mokaddem is the President of Tellus Products. He joined Tellus in early 2021 as the Chief Financial Officer. He has more than 20 years of indepth experience in the packaging, pulp & paper sectors. Prior to joining Tellus, he served as a Managing Director in Rabobank’s Mergers and Acquisitions group in New York, leading the Global Packaging, Pulp & Paper advisory practice. In that role, he advised clients on strategic transactions and capital structure alternatives.

Prior to Rabobank, Asem served as Director of Corporate Development and Strategic Planning at Sonoco Products Company, a leading global consumer packaging and industrial products company, where he completed multiple transactions. Prior to Sonoco, Asem was a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital, and previously at Barclays/Lehman Brothers.

His professional career began as an engineer at International Paper’s Natchez pulp mill. Asem holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a master’s degree in Computational Engineering from the University of Mississippi as well as an MBA from the University of Virginia – Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.