Kemira Oyj - Company Announcement

Kemira Oyj: Appointment in Kemira's management

Kemira Oyj

Stock Exchange Release
March 16, 2015 at 3 pm (CET+1)

Mats Rönnbäck has been appointed as interim President, Paper segment and Asia
Pacific region and member of Kemira's Management Board as of April 1, 2015. Mats
is currently based in Hong Kong. As announced earlier this year, Petri Helsky
will leave Kemira to take up the position of CEO of Metsä Tissue Corporation on
April 16, 2015."The search for the new Paper segment leader is ongoing. To ensure that we
continue to deliver on our growth strategy in Paper, Mats Rönnbäck will take on
an interim basis the leadership of the segment and APAC region. Mats has been
with Kemira since 1990 and has a vast experience in the pulp and paper
business", said Jari Rosendal, Kemira's President and CEO.

For more information, please contact


Kemira Oyj
Leena Lie, SVP, Communications and Corporate Responsibility
Tel.  +358 10 862 1153

Tero Huovinen, VP, Investor Relations
Tel. +358 10 862 1980


Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive
industries. We provide expertise, application know-how and chemicals that
improve our customers' water, energy and raw material efficiency. Our focus is
on pulp & paper, oil & gas, mining and water treatment. In 2014, Kemira had
annual revenue of EUR 2.1 billion and around 4,250 employees. Kemira shares are
listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.
www.kemira.com



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