Paul Curnow

Chief Executive Officer, Ardagh Glass Packaging Africa

Paul Curnow is Chief Executive Officer of Ardagh Glass Packaging Africa, in the role since 2022.

Ardagh Glass Packaging-Africa is the former Consol Glass, a Johannesburg-headquartered glass container maker bought by Ardagh Group in 2022. It operates glass plants in South Africa, including the Nigel facility, and smaller plants in Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia.

In the job

  1. Ardagh Group completed its $1-billion acquisition of Consol, and Curnow succeeded Mike Arnold, who had been chief executive for 20 years. Source

  2. Ardagh commissioned a R1.5-billion extension of its Nigel production facility, completed on time and on budget. Source

  3. Ardagh heated up the N3 furnace at Nigel and mothballed older furnaces in Gauteng and the Western Cape as demand for glass packaging declined. Source

  4. Curnow was appointed chairman of The Glass Recycling Company, succeeding Mike Arnold. Source

Career before

  1. Chief Executive-designate, Consol

Sources

  1. engineeringnews.co.za
  2. engineeringnews.co.za
  3. glass-international.com
  4. foodbev.com
  5. foodbev.com

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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