Neste Oil - Changes board/management/auditors

ILKKA SALONEN APPOINTED NESTE OIL'S NEW CFO

Mr. Ilkka Salonen, M.Sc. Econ, age 43, has been appointed Neste Oil's
new Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Neste Oil Executive
Team. He will join Neste Oil on 1 February 2009 at the latest. Ilkka
Salonen will take responsibility for corporate control and
accounting, treasury, investor relations, corporate IT, mergers and
acquisitions and joint ventures, corporate risk management and Neste
Oil business services. He joins Neste Oil from Pohjola Bank, where he
currently holds the position of CFO."His successful careers as a CFO and a financial analyst and his
experience in developing corporate financial systems have equipped
Ilkka well to take over the CFO position at Neste Oil. We very much
welcome Ilkka to Neste Oil", said Mr. Jarmo Honkamaa, Deputy CEO of
Neste Oil.

Appendix: Ilkka Salonen's brief cv

Neste Oil Corporation
Osmo Kammonen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications

For further information, please contact Deputy CEO Jarmo Honkamaa,
tel. +358 10 458 4758.
Photo of Mr. Salonen: www.nesteoil.com

Neste Oil in brief

Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company
concentrating on low-emission, high-quality traffic fuels. The
company's strategy is based on growing both its oil refining and
premium-quality renewable diesel businesses. Neste Oil's refineries
are located in Porvoo and Naantali and have a combined crude oil
refining capacity of approx. 260,000 barrels a day. The company had
net sales of EUR 12.1 billion in 2007 and employs around 5,200
people. Neste Oil's share is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
www.nesteoil.com.

Attachments:

Ilkka Salonen CV.pdf