Kemira Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Changes in Kemira Oyj's management

Kemira Oyj
Stock Exchange Release
September 26, 2014 at 12.00 pm (CET+1)

Antti Salminen PhD (Engineering) has been appointed President, Municipal &
Industrial segment and Head of region EMEA as of November 1, 2014. Antti has
been employed by Kemira since 2011 as Executive Vice President, Supply Chain
Management and member of Kemira's Management Board. Antti will succeed Frank
Wegener, who will leave Kemira as announced on August 1, 2014.

Michael Löffelmann, PhD (Chemical Engineering) has been appointed Executive Vice
President Projects & Manufacturing Technology and member of Kemira's Management
Board as of November 1, 2014. He has been with Kemira since 2013, serving as
Senior Vice President Strategic Projects."Both Antti and Michael bring strong analytical, strategic and leadership skills
into their roles. With his deep experience of supply chain management Antti will
be able to drive the Municipal & Industrial business to deliver its strategic
objective to maximize cash flow generation. As communicated earlier, Kemira will
be making investments into new and existing capacity to enhance growth. Michael
will have critical role in securing that these investment projects are delivered
within strict implementation criteria to support Kemira's financial targets. His
role is also to assure that we continuously develop and maintain the most
efficient manufacturing network", said Jari Rosendal, Kemira's President and
CEO.

For more information, please contact

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

Tero Huovinen, VP, Investor Relations
+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 2013, Kemira had
annual revenue of EUR 2.2 billion and around 4,500 employees. Kemira shares are
listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.
www.kemira.com


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