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Anthony Smurfit

President, Group Chief Executive Officer & Director, Smurfit Westrock

Search every verified Anthony Smurfit interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Anthony Smurfit, President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Smurfit Westrock, discussed the company's performance and outlook during recent earnings calls. On the Q2 2026 call, he stated that global paper markets were "as strong as I have seen in my lifetime within this industry," describing the operating environment as "significantly stronger and better." He expressed satisfaction with the integration of Smurfit and Westrock, noting that the company had "all the teams in place to make this company one of the great companies of the world." Smurfit acknowledged that the company continued to be affected by unexpected costs and a "significant cost environment" that it was in the process of passing through, and expressed confidence in a stronger second half and a good 2027. On the Q4 2024 call, Smurfit reported that the company delivered adjusted EBITDA of $4.7 billion and was developing a synergy program that he said would meet or exceed $400 million, to be completed by the end of the current year. He stated that the company's operating financial model would remain unchanged, emphasizing that senior management was aligned as shareholders and would continue to treat capital as a "scarce resource." Smurfit also revised the estimated capital spend to between $2.2 and $2.4 billion, and remarked that "assets without people are nothing," adding that bad assets can generate profit with good people.

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