Galbato takes over from Robert Nardelli, who was elected chairman in June in the wake of three top resignations at the company. Nardelli will remain a director, NewPage said.
NewPage’s board named George Martin president and CEO last month. Nardelli took the chairmanship following the resignations of CEO E. Thomas Curley, Chairman Mark Suwyn and Vice President-Human Resources Michael Edicola. Former CEO Richard Willett Jr., resigned in January 2010, leading to Curley becoming CEO for a few months.
Galbato is a senior operating executive of COAC and a director of the Brady Corp. Prior to COAC, Galbato owned and managed CWG Hillside Investments LLC, a consulting business. Before that, Galbato was president and CEO of the Controls Group of businesses for Invensys plc. Earlier in his career, Galbato worked with General Electric.
Based in Miami Twp., paper producer New Page has about 350 Dayton-area employees.