Metsäliitto Osuuskunta - Changes board/management/auditors

Esa Kaikkonen appointed Metsä Group’s Executive Vice President, Strategy

Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 8 December 2016 at 9.30 EET

LL.M. Esa Kaikkonen has been appointed Metsä Group’s Executive Vice President,
Strategy as of March 1, 2017. Kaikkonen continues also in his current role as
Executive Vice President, Metsä Wood. He is a member of Metsä Group’s Executive
Management Team and reports to President and CEO Kari Jordan. 

Before his position as Executive Vice President, Metsä Wood, Kaikkonen worked
as Metsä Group’s General Counsel during 2003–2012. 

Metsä Group’s Executive Vice President, Strategy since 2006 Hannu Anttila, will
retire on May 1, 2017. 


METSÄ GROUP


For further information, please contact:
Juha Laine, Senior Vice President, Communications, Metsä Group, tel. +358 10
465 4541 



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Metsä Group is a forerunner in bioeconomy utilising renewable wood from
sustainably managed northern forests. Metsä Group focuses on wood supply and
forest services, wood products, pulp, fresh forest fibre paperboards and tissue
and cooking papers. 

Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 5.0 billion in 2015, and it employs
approximately 9,600 people. The Group operates in some 30 countries.
Metsäliitto Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group and is owned by
approximately 116,000 Finnish forest owners. 

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