Denmaur Independent Papers’ Mike Gee to retire

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After 56 years in the paper industry, Mike Gee will be retiring from Denmaur Independent Papers, effective 31 December 2026.

After a long and illustrious career, Mike has decided that the time has come to hand over the reins of a business that he started over 40 years ago and enjoy more leisure time and travels with his friends and family.

From the early years of his career, enjoying the buzz of Fleet Street and Bloomsbury, which in their heyday felt very much like the epicentre of the media and communications world, he worked for paper mills, merchants and a paper converter merchant, before setting up Denmaur in 1980, with the support of his wife and his brother, Nick.

Mike is a well known, much respected stalwart of the paper industry. Whilst working hard, he has enjoyed being involved in a very social industry and cites the highlights of his career as being the many different people he has met along the way. 

We are sure that his colleagues, customers and suppliers will all join us in wishing Mike a long, healthy and happy retirement.

As part of this transition, Andy Buxton has become chief executive officer and Andy Faithful has been promoted to the role of managing director. Supported by the board of directors and the wider Denmaur team, the company will continue to evolve and rise the challenges of a changing economic market and paper industry.