Our Management Team

Stewart Emerson was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Supremex Inc. in September 2014 and is responsible for defining the Company’s strategic direction, growth initiatives and financial objectives. Under his leadership, Supremex successfully rolled-up the Canadian envelope market and expanded its activities into the vast U.S. market, and now the Company has become North America’s second largest player. Additionally, Mr. Emerson has been instrumental in diversifying Supremex’s product portfolio in the growing packaging industry since 2016. These important achievements were accomplished through 12 strategic acquisitions, organic growth and the optimization of production capacity. Mr. Emerson has more than 30 years of experience in the envelope and paper‑based packaging industry. He began his career as an Account Manager at Innova Envelope Inc. in 1990 (which became a part of Supremex in 1991). During the following years, he held a number of positions with increasing responsibilities including Sales Manager, General Sales Manager, Vice President and General Manager, Central Region and Buffalo Envelope. Mr. Emerson holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a double major in Marketing and Management from the Northeastern University of Boston.

Joe Baglione is President – Envelope of Supremex since November 2021. In this position, he is responsible for the financial well-being of sales and operations of our Canadian and USA envelope facilities. Prior to this role, Mr. Baglione was, since 2019, Vice President and General Manager for Eastern Canada Envelope and Label, in which he managed all facets of production and sales for Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. In 2018, he became Vice‑President & General Manager of Supremex USA and, from 2015 to 2017, he was General Sales Manager of Supremex Central Region. Mr. Baglione has over 30 years of industry experience in all areas of the business, including sales, marketing and sales management.

Norm Macaulay, Chief Financial Officer, is a highly accomplished and talented financial executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience in finance and operations with large private and public companies in the manufacturing and distribution industries. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer of Nitrex, a leading global provider of fully integrated heat treatment solutions and technologies. Before joining Nitrex in 2019, he spent eight years at Wajax Corporation where he held several senior roles in finance, including Vice President Finance. He also held various positions with Accent-Fairchild Group Inc. and KPMG Canada.
Mr. Macaulay holds the CPA designation and earned a Bachelor of Commerce and a Graduate Diploma in Accountancy from Concordia University.

Murray Rundle is the Vice-President, Marketing & Innovation at Supremex. Mr. Rundle joined the company more than 30 years ago and over the course of his career, he has held various positions in sales and sales management at the Company’s Envelope segment. More recently, Murray created and led the company’s eCommerce Packaging division. Mr. Rundle holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business of York University as well as an HBA from the Ivey Business School of Western University.