Published mark
Smurfit Westrock
Smurfit Westrock plc
NYSE: SW. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9
- SEC CIK
- 0002005951
- Website
- www.smurfitwestrock.com Open
- Record version
- vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 15, 2026
- Newest evidence
- May 3, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Alvaro HenaoPresident Chief Executive Officer, LATAM
- Chair
- Irial FinanLead independent: Kaisa Hietala
- Independent
- Not published12 directors published
- Published claims
- 545 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 220 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 5 distinct sources and 22 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
DIRECTOR APPOINTED
Carole L. Brown seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2025-01-01.
EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2025E7
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President Chief Executive Officer, LATAM | Alvaro Henao | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE15 |
| President Group Chief Executive Officer | Anthony Smurfit | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE16 |
| EVP Group General Counsel | Ben Garren | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE17 |
| Executive Vice President Group Chief Financial Officer | Ken Bowles | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE18 |
| President Chief Executive Officer, North America (including Mexico) | Laurent Sellier | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE19 |
| President Chief Executive Officer, Europe, MEA and APAC | Saverio Mayer | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE20 |
Board of directors
Evidence12 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan D. Wilson | Independence not published | 2024 | CompensationCompensation; NominationNomination | Source reportedE4 |
| Anthony Smurfit | Independence not published | 2023 | Executive | Source reportedE5 |
| Carol Fairweather | Independence not published | 2024 | AuditAudit; Finance; ExecutiveExecutiveFinance | Source reportedE6 |
| Carole L. Brown | Independence not published | 2025 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair; SustainabilitySustainability | Source reportedE7 |
| Colleen F. Arnold | Independence not published | 2024 | CompensationCompensation; SustainabilitySustainability | Source reportedE8 |
| Irial Finan | Independence not publishedChair | 2024 | ExecutiveNomination, chairNomination · Chair; Executive, chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Jeffrey J. Rasmussen | Independence not published | 2024 | None published | Source reportedE9 |
| Kaisa Hietala | Independence not publishedLead Independent | 2024 | NominationNomination; Sustainability · ChairSustainability, chair | Source reportedE10 |
| Ken Bowles | Independence not published | 2023 | None published | Source reportedE11 |
| Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh | Independence not published | 2024 | CompensationCompensation; FinanceFinance | Source reportedE12 |
| Suzan F. Harrison | Independence not published | 2024 | AuditAudit; NominationNomination | Source reportedE13 |
| Timothy J. Bernlohr | Independence not published | 2024 | Compensation, chairCompensation · Chair; Finance; ExecutiveExecutiveFinance | Source reportedE14 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Carole L. Brown | Carole L. Brown, Carol Fairweather, Suzan F. Harrison | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair; Sustainability | Not published | Carole L. Brown | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Finance; Executive | Not published | Carol Fairweather | financial |
| Audit; Nomination | Not published | Suzan F. Harrison | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | Timothy J. Bernlohr | Timothy J. Bernlohr, Alan D. Wilson, Colleen F. Arnold, Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation · Chair; Finance; Executive | Not published | Timothy J. Bernlohr | financial |
| Compensation; Finance | Not published | Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh | financial |
| Compensation; Nomination | Not published | Alan D. Wilson | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Sustainability | Not published | Colleen F. Arnold | Not described in the published record |
| Executive | Not published | Anthony Smurfit, Carol Fairweather, Irial Finan, Timothy J. Bernlohr | Not described in the published record |
| Finance | Not published | Carol Fairweather, Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh, Timothy J. Bernlohr | financial |
| Nomination | Irial Finan | Irial Finan, Alan D. Wilson, Kaisa Hietala, Suzan F. Harrison | Not described in the published record |
| Nomination · Chair; Executive | Irial Finan | Irial Finan | Not described in the published record |
| Nomination; Sustainability · Chair | Not published | Kaisa Hietala | Not described in the published record |
| Sustainability | Kaisa Hietala | Kaisa Hietala, Carole L. Brown, Colleen F. Arnold | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Carole L. Brown; Members Carole L. Brown (Chair); Carol Fairweather; Suzan F. Harrison
Committee AppointmentCarole L. Brown: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentCarol Fairweather: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentSuzan F. Harrison: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Timothy J. Bernlohr; Members Timothy J. Bernlohr (Chair); Alan D. Wilson; Colleen F. Arnold; Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh
Committee AppointmentTimothy J. Bernlohr: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentAlan D. Wilson: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentColleen F. Arnold: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentMary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh: member, Compensation
Committee RecordExecutive: Chair not stated; Members Anthony Smurfit; Carol Fairweather; Irial Finan; Timothy J. Bernlohr
Committee AppointmentAnthony Smurfit: member, Executive
Committee AppointmentCarol Fairweather: member, Executive
Committee AppointmentIrial Finan: member, Executive
Committee AppointmentTimothy J. Bernlohr: member, Executive
Committee RecordFinance: Chair not stated; Members Carol Fairweather; Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh; Timothy J. Bernlohr
Committee AppointmentCarol Fairweather: member, Finance
Committee AppointmentMary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh: member, Finance
Committee AppointmentTimothy J. Bernlohr: member, Finance
Committee RecordNomination: Chair Irial Finan; Members Irial Finan (Chair); Alan D. Wilson; Kaisa Hietala; Suzan F. Harrison
Committee AppointmentIrial Finan: chair, Nomination
Committee AppointmentAlan D. Wilson: member, Nomination
Committee AppointmentKaisa Hietala: member, Nomination
Committee AppointmentSuzan F. Harrison: member, Nomination
Committee RecordSustainability: Chair Kaisa Hietala; Members Kaisa Hietala (Chair); Carole L. Brown; Colleen F. Arnold
Committee AppointmentKaisa Hietala: chair, Sustainability
Committee AppointmentCarole L. Brown: member, Sustainability
Committee AppointmentColleen F. Arnold: member, Sustainability
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerAlvaro Henao, President Chief Executive Officer, LATAM
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceIndex MembershipS&P 500 (SPX)
Security ListingSW (NYSE)
Index memberships1 membership attached to a specific security and listing.Announcements, effective dates, and removals remain distinct states; Alpha does not infer membership from company size, exchange, or reputation.
SPX
Source reportedAs of Oct 16, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
| Index | Security | Status | Effective | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (S&P Dow Jones Indices) | NYSE: SW | current | Jul 8, 2024 | inferred | Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license) |
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameSmurfit Westrock plc
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Official Websitehttps://www.smurfitwestrock.com
Published FactUS
Published FactIreland
Published FactMaterials
Published Facthttps://www.smurfitwestrock.com
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Alvaro HenaoPresident Chief Executive Officer, LATAMcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:21
- Anthony SmurfitPresident Group Chief Executive Officer; Directorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:22, company:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:11
- Ben GarrenEVP Group General Counselcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:23
- Ken BowlesExecutive Vice President Group Chief Financial Officer; Directorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:24, company:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:17
- Laurent SellierPresident Chief Executive Officer, North America (including Mexico)company:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:25
- Saverio MayerPresident Chief Executive Officer, Europe, MEA and APACcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:26
- Alan D. WilsonDirectorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:10
- Carol FairweatherDirectorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:12
- Carole L. BrownDirectorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:13
- Colleen F. ArnoldDirectorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:14
- Irial FinanChaircompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:9
- Jeffrey J. RasmussenDirectorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:15
- Kaisa HietalaLead Independent Directorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:16
- Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHughDirectorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:18
- Suzan F. HarrisonDirectorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:19
- Timothy J. BernlohrDirectorcompany:5095b737-d73a-40f4-bf18-1f4492c8bef9:leadership_role:20
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 22 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 15, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
- E2Smurfit Westrock Form 10-K. SEC filing. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
- E3sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E4sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E8sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E9sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E10sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E11sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E12sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E13sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E14sec filing. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E15SW executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E16SW executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E17SW executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E18SW executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E19SW executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E20SW executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E21board_seats. sp500-board-director-completeness-remediation-2026-05-15. Cited by 27 Claims.
- E22Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license). index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
What changed in version public-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 15, 2026- Carole L. Brown seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2025-01-01.
- Audit · Chair; Sustainability committee of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2025-01-01.
- Carole L. Brown member of Audit · Chair; Sustainability, effective 2025-01-01.
- Alan D. Wilson seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Carol Fairweather seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Colleen F. Arnold seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Irial Finan seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Irial Finan chairs board Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Jeffrey J. Rasmussen seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Kaisa Hietala seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Kaisa Hietala lead independent director of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Suzan F. Harrison seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Timothy J. Bernlohr seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Audit; Finance; Executive committee of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Carol Fairweather member of Audit; Finance; Executive, effective 2024-01-01.
- Audit; Nomination committee of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Suzan F. Harrison member of Audit; Nomination, effective 2024-01-01.
- Compensation · Chair; Finance; Executive committee of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Timothy J. Bernlohr member of Compensation · Chair; Finance; Executive, effective 2024-01-01.
- Compensation; Finance committee of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh member of Compensation; Finance, effective 2024-01-01.
- Compensation; Nomination committee of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Alan D. Wilson member of Compensation; Nomination, effective 2024-01-01.
- Compensation; Sustainability committee of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Colleen F. Arnold member of Compensation; Sustainability, effective 2024-01-01.
- Nomination · Chair; Executive committee of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Irial Finan chairs Nomination · Chair; Executive, effective 2024-01-01.
- Nomination; Sustainability · Chair committee of Smurfit Westrock, effective 2024-01-01.
- Kaisa Hietala member of Nomination; Sustainability · Chair, effective 2024-01-01.
- Anthony Smurfit seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2023-01-01.
- Ken Bowles seat on Smurfit Westrock, effective 2023-01-01.
- Anthony Smurfit member of Executive, effective 2023-01-01.