News - Walstead Company Announcement

LONDON • 7 JANUARY 2026: Walstead, Europe’s largest commercial printing group, announces
the retirement this month of Paul Utting, Group Chief Executive Officer. He will be available to
advise the company to ensure an efficient transfer of duties and will remain a shareholder.

Utting has been involved in the printing industry since 1984 when he joined William Clowes. In 2003
he was appointed Group Managing Director of Wyndeham Press Group and became Chief Executive
in 2005. He was one of the founding investors in Walstead when it acquired Wyndeham in 2008.
Following Utting’s retirement, Mark Scanlon, the group’s Executive Chairman, will assume his
responsibilities: Debbie Read, Chief Executive of Walstead UK and Walstead Iberia, Grzegorz Czech,
Chief Executive of Walstead CE, and Andy Berg, Chief Executive of Rhapsody Group, will report to
Scanlon.

Scanlon commented: “I’ve had the privilege of working with Paul for 17 years during which time
he’s been pivotal in Walstead’s growth story – from starting as the fifth largest web offset printer in
the UK to becoming Europe’s largest printing group following our acquisitions in Austria, Czech
Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and Spain. Our partnership has experienced many battles with
major competitors and I’m relieved to say we won them all! I would like to thank Paul for his immense
contribution to the development of the business. I wish him all the best.”

Utting commented: “After 17 years as CEO of this great company and more than 40 years in the
industry I feel now is the right time for me to retire. Walstead has an outstanding senior team with
very capable and strong divisional CEOs and Mark as Chairman, so I leave the business in great
hands. Walstead has grown from a second tier UK operator to be the number one print group in
Europe, and I am proud of the achievements of the entire team during this period. It has been my
pleasure to work with so many fantastic colleagues and partners around the industry and I wish
everyone at Walstead and its stakeholders every success for the future.”