KONE Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Anne Korkiakoski has been appointed Executive Vice President, Marketing & Communications at KONE Corporation

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, June 27, 2008

Anne Korkiakoski, M.Sc. (Econ), has been appointed Executive Vice
President, Marketing & Communications and Member of the Executive
Board as of September 1, 2008. She will be responsible for KONE
Corporation's Marketing, External and Internal Communications as well
as Investor Relations. Korkiakoski will report to President & CEO
Matti Alahuhta.
Before joining KONE, Anne Korkiakoski has been working at Elisa
Corporation where she has been responsible for External and Internal
Communications and Marketing Communications. Previously, she has been
Managing Director of the Finnish subsidiary of Euro RSCG, an
international advertising and communications agency, as well as the
company's director for the Nordic region.

Minna Mars, currently responsible for KONE's Corporate Communication& Investor Relations, will move to the United States. She will be
responsible for developing environmental communications in KONE's"Environmental Excellence" development program. Tuomas Kahri,
currently Senior Vice President, Global Marketing & Quality at KONE
Corporation, will start working as Head of Marketing and
Communications at Hartwall.

About KONE

KONE's objective is to offer the best people flow experience by
developing and delivering solutions that enable people to move
smoothly, safely, comfortably and without waiting in buildings in an
increasingly urbanizing environment. KONE provides its customers with
industry-leading elevators, escalators and innovative solutions for
modernization and maintenance, and is one of the global leaders in
its industry. In 2007, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 4.1 billion
and over 32,500 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the OMX
Nordic Exchange Helsinki in Finland.

www.kone.com

For further information, please contact:
Minna Mars, tel. +358 50 384 9440
Anne Korkiakoski, tel. +358 50 67411

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Kerttu Tuomas
Executive Vice President,
Human Resources

Minna Mars
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Communications & IR