Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 29, 2009
Steven Westlund has been the Chief Executive Officer and a director of
International Packaging & Logistics Group, Inc. (previously Kaire Holdings,
Inc.) since May 1995. He was elected Chairman of the Board in December 1995 and
has been Acting Chief Financial Officer since April 2007. Mr. Westlund was
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Vitafort International
Corporation from May 1993 through May 1995. From January 1991 to May 1993, Mr.
Westlund was Chief Executive Officer of Lorenz/Germaine, Inc. and concurrently,
from January 1991 to June 1992, he acted as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Auto Giant. Mr. Westlund specializes in corporate restructuring and the
development and marketing of specialized products and services. Profile
Allen Lin, Director of International Packaging & Logistics Group, Inc., has over
17 years' packaging industry and financial venture investment experience. Mr.
Lin has been instrumental in successful startups such as 1989's H & H Glass,
Inc., where he continues to play a key role in global manufacturing, outsourcing
for rigid packaging material (including but not limited to glass containers) and
creating packaging distribution solutions for North American customers. Mr. Lin
recently earned a Master of International Law from a national university in
Germany, and he also holds an MBA with honors from a Chicago university. He has
gained international exposure through is work identifying merger and acquisition
candidates in the packaging distribution network, and promoting his packaging
business in North America, South America and Europe. Born and raised in Taiwan,
Mr. Lin is fluent in both Chinese and English. Profile
long you've been public, and what it is that you do?
Mr. Westlund: We've been in business under different names
