Sanoma Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Sanoma Appoints Susan Duinhoven as President and CEO

Sanoma Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 23 September 2015 at 9:45 CET+1

Sanoma today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Susan
Duinhoven as President and CEO effective 1 October 2015. Based in Helsinki,
Susan will be responsible for all Sanoma Group's businesses and for chairing
the Executive Management Group. 

“Susan Duinhoven is a proven leader with strong management skills, business
vision and the ability to bring people together around common goals,” said
Antti Herlin, Chairman of the Board. “I have been impressed with the
significant contribution she has made to the business since joining the Board
of Directors less than six months ago and I believe Sanoma will benefit greatly
from her extensive experience in multiple media companies.” 

“I'm delighted to join Sanoma as CEO at this exciting time in the media and
learning industry,” added Susan Duinhoven. “Sanoma has made significant changes
to its business in recent years and has very prominent consumer media
businesses in Finland and the Netherlands, as well as a leading European
learning business. The strength of Sanoma's media brands, combined with the
company's local expertise and digital assets create a strong foundation for
long term and sustained success. I look forward to working with the Executive
Management Group to continue to drive Sanoma's transformation.” 

Susan comes most recently from Koninklijke Wegener where she was CEO and Chair
of the Executive Board. Prior to this she worked at Thomas Cook as CEO of
Western Europe. Susan's previous work experiences include Reader's Digest,
directory businesses in the Netherlands and Denmark, McKinsey and Unilever. She
has been a member of Sanoma's Board of Directors since April 2015 and will
continue to serve a three-year term. 

Press contacts:

Finland
Hanna Johde
tel. +358 40 673 8977
hanna.johde@sanoma.com

The Netherlands
Sandra van Vreedendaal
tel. +31 6 12 15 74 92
sandra.vanvreedendaal@sanoma.com

Investor Relations:

Olli Turunen
tel. +358 40 552 8907
olli.turunen@sanoma.com



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broad presence across multiple platforms. Our main markets in learning are
Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden. In 2014, Sanoma's net
sales totalled EUR 1.9 billion. Sanoma is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock
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