POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David B. Sewell, the Chief Executive Officer of  WestRock Company
 (the "Company"), Robert B. McIntosh, the Executive Vice President, Secretary
 and General Counsel of the Company and Ward H. Dickson, the Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and each of them, the
true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, with full
power to appoint a substitute or to execute and file with the Securities
Exchange Commission on behalf of the undersigned or on behalf of any trust
with respect to which the undersigned serves as a trustee, any Form 3s,
Form 4s or Form 5s (or any amendments thereto) required to be so executed and
filed by the undersigned or any such trust with respect to which the
undersigned serves as trustee under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.  The undersigned hereby gives to said agents and attorneys-in-fact,
 and to each of them, full power and authority to act in the premises,
including, but not limited to, full power and authority to determine in his or
their sole discretion the time when, purpose for and manner in which any
powers herein conferred shall be exercised.  The undersigned hereby ratifies
and confirms all that said agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, or
any substitute or substitutes, may do by virtue hereof.  This power of
attorney shall remain valid and in full force and effect until the earlier
of (i) the date on which the undersigned is no longer subject to the reporting
requirements under Section 16(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder and (ii) the date on which this power of attorney
is revoked in writing by the undersigned.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this
             Power of Attorney this 15th day of March, 2021.


					By:	/s/ David B. Sewell
					Name:  David B. Sewell
      Title:	 President and Chief Executive Officer


Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 15th day of
March, 2021.

Susan Adams
Notary Public
STATE OF GEORGIA

My Commission expires:

December 17, 2022	    [Notarial Seal]