Lassila & Tikanoja - Changes board/management/auditors

Lassila & Tikanoja's Group Executives to make way for Group Executive Board

Helsinki, Finland, 2010-12-29 08:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LASSILA & TIKANOJA
PLC Stock exchange release 29 December 2010 9.00 am 

As of 1 January 2011, within the management of Lassila & Tikanoja the team of
Group Executives will be renamed the Group Executive Board. The members of the
new Group Executive Board are: 

- Jari Sarjo, President and CEO
- Jorma Mikkonen, Vice President, Environmental Services
- Inkeri Puputti, HR Director
- Ville Rantala, CFO
- Tomi Salo, Managing Director of L&T Biowatti Oy
- Juha Simola, Vice President, Property Maintenance
- Henri Turunen, Vice President, Cleaning and Office Support Services

At the same time, some functions organised at company level will be transferred
to the divisions. The Group Executive Board's membership will be slightly
smaller than that of the Group Executives: the Group Executive Board will
include all former Group Executive members with the exception of Director Kimmo
Huhtimo, who will be responsible for customer-related strategic programmes and
projects. Mr Huhtimo will report to President and CEO Jari Sarjo. 


LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC

Jari Sarjo
President and CEO


For additional information, please contact Jari Sarjo, President and CEO, tel.
+358 10 636 2810. 

Lassila & Tikanoja specialises in environmental management and property and
plant support services and is a leading supplier of wood-based biofuels,
recovered fuels and recycled raw materials. With operations in Finland, Sweden,
Latvia and Russia, L&T employs 8,700 persons. Net sales in 2009 amounted to EUR
582 million. L&T is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. 

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