June 20, 2025 3:20 a.m.

Roseburg Forest Products has announced that company veterans Matt Holt and Alexandre Ouellette will assume new, expanded manufacturing leadership roles with the departure of Chief Operations Officer Tony Hamill.

Roseburg President and CEO Stuart Gray said, “Promoting Matt and Alexandre acknowledges their expanding influence directing a manufacturing transformation underway at Roseburg that is generating performance and product quality gains benefitting our business and our customers”. Gray said, “Matt and Alexandre embody both the values and expertise that power our winning performance culture across North America”.

A company release said as Vice President of Manufacturing and Services, Holt will now be responsible for Roseburg’s structural operations, veneer, and wood fiber procurement, and manufacturing services. Since joining Roseburg in 2020, Holt has served in multiple plant and division leadership roles across the company’s manufacturing business. He most recently served as Senior Director of Manufacturing.

Ouellette, in his new role as Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering, will oversee Roseburg’s composite operations, power generation operations and engineering. Quellette joined Roseburg as plant manager for Pembroke MDF in Ontario, Canada in 2018. The release said he has played key roles in driving improved collaboration across Roseburg’s composite mills and overseeing the startup of Dillard Components.

Hamill, who has served as Chief Operations Officer since September 2024, is leaving Roseburg for a new opportunity.

Gray said, “I thank Tony for his many contributions, including advancing Roseburg’s manufacturing structure, adding operational efficiencies and mentoring leaders who will extend the positive momentum here that he helped engineer”. Gray said, “We wish him well and continued success in the next chapter of his career”.

Roseburg Forest Products was founded in 1936 and has its headquarters in Springfield.