Ardagh Holdings has outlined a series of leadership changes, including new board appointments and an interim group chief financial officer (CFO).
Galdino Claro and Richard Navarre are set to join the board, which will also include Mark Porto as executive chairman, along with Jean-Pierre Floris and Herman Troskie.
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The board changes follow the completion of the group’s recapitalisation transaction and in connection with this, Damien O’Brien and Paul Copley have stepped down from their roles as directors.
The company named Todd Brents as interim group CFO from 1 January 2026.
A process is ongoing to identify a permanent replacement for existing CFO John Sheehan, who will retire on 31 December.
Galdino Claro is an independent consultant, adviser and non-executive director with more than four decades of experience across the metals, mining and recycling sectors.
His previous chief executive roles span both listed and privately owned companies Sims Limited, Harsco Metals and Minerals, the Heico Companies Metals Group, Aleris America and Wilmington Paper Corporation.
He also serves as an independent director of Natural Resource Partners.
Navarre previously served as chairman, CEO and president of Covia Corporation.
His current roles include lead independent director at Core Natural Resources, chair of the board at Civeo Corporation and independent director at Natural Resource Partners.
Brents is a senior partner at Beckway, where he leads the firm’s finance practice.
He has more than 25 years of financial leadership and business transformation experience in interim executive and consulting roles at AlixPartners, Frito-Lay and Arthur Andersen.
Ardagh Holdings is the parent company of Ardagh Group, which supplies metal and glass packaging.
Ardagh Group operates 58 production facilities across 16 countries, employing 9,000 people. It reported sales of $9.1bn in 2024.
