POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Alexander W. Pease, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of  WestRock Company (the "Company"), Robert B. McIntosh,
the Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel 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 10th day of November, 2021.


				By:    /s/ Alexander W. Pease
				Name:  Alexander W. Pease
      Title:	 EVP


Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 10th day of
November, 2021.

Susan Adams
Notary Public
STATE OF GEORGIA

My Commission expires:

December 17, 2022	    [Notarial Seal]