Metsäliitto Osuuskunta - Changes board/management/auditors

Petri Helsky appointed CEO of Metsä Tissue Corporation

Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release  12 January 2015 at 9.00 am EET


Petri Helsky, M.Sc (Chem. Eng.), M.Sc (Econ), 48, has been appointed CEO of
Metsä Tissue Corporation. He will start in his new position and as a member of
Metsä Group's Executive Management Team latest on 1 July 2015. 

Petri Helsky has extensive experience from international management positions
within the chemical industry. He has held different management positions in
Kemira Oyj since 2007, the latest being President of Paper segment and
President of the Asia-Pacific Region and member of Kemira Management Board. 


METSÄ GROUP
Group Communications


For further information, please contact:
Kari Jordan, President and CEO, Metsä Group and Chairman of Metsä Tissue's
Board of Directors 
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 paperboard, 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. 


www.metsatissue.com

With its high-quality tissue and cooking papers, Metsä Tissue makes life more
comfortable for consumers, customers and end-users every day. Metsä Tissue is a
leading tissue paper products supplier to households and industrial consumers
in Europe. We are also the world's leading supplier of baking and cooking
papers. Our main brands are Lambi, Serla, Mola, Tento, Katrin and SAGA. With
production units in six countries, we employ a total of about 2,800 people. Our
sales in 2013 were EUR 1.0 billion. Metsä Tissue is part of Metsä Group.