Katarina Molin joined, on 1 September, the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) as the new director-general. Molin, a Swedish national, worked as environmental strategy manager for Hewlett Packard, and as policy adviser and communications manager for the Association for the Sustainable Use and Recovery of Resources in Europe (ASSURRE). Prior to this, she worked on environmental issues in the European Parliament and in the European Environmental Bureau. www.beveragecarton.eu