Metsäliitto Osuuskunta
Mika Joukio starts as the CEO of Metsä Board on 1 October 2014

DGAP-News: Metsäliitto Osuuskunta

19.09.2014 / 08:31

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Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 19 September 2014 at 9.30 am EET


Mika Joukio (50), MSc (Eng), MBA, will start as the CEO of Metsä Board
Corporation on 1 October 2014 and will continue as a member of Metsä Group's
Executive Management Team. Metsä Board's current CEO Mikko Helander will still
be available for special company assignments if needed until 1 December 2014. 


METSÄ GROUP
Group Communications

For further information, please contact:
Kari Jordan, President and CEO, Metsä Group
Call requests to Reeta Kaukiainen, SVP, Communications, Metsä Group
tel. +358 10 465 4541, +358 50 522 0924


www.metsagroup.com

Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products' main raw
material is renewable and sustainably grown northern wood. Metsä Group focuses
on tissue and cooking papers, consumer packaging paperboards, pulp, wood
products, and wood supply and forest services. Its high-quality products
combine renewable raw materials, customer-orientation, sustainable development
and innovation. Metsä Group's sales totalled EUR 4.9 billion in 2013, and it
employs approximately 11,000 people. The Group operates in some 30 countries.
Metsäliitto Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group and is owned by
approximately 123,000 Finnish forest owners.
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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Language:    English                 
Company:     Metsäliitto Osuuskunta  
 
 
             Finland                 
ISIN:        FI0002001611            
 
 
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