Kemira Oyj - Company Announcement

Kemira Oyj: Appointment in Kemira's management

Kemira Oyj
Stock Exchange Release
February 26, 2015 at 9.00 am (CET+1)


Esa-Matti Puputti, (Lic.Sc. Tech) has been appointed Executive Vice President,
Operational Excellence and a member of the Kemira Management Board, reporting to
President and CEO Jari Rosendal. He will start in his new role during May 2015
and will be based in Helsinki, Finland.

Esa-Matti Puputti has a strong leadership track record from various global
supply chain management roles, including manufacturing and production
technology. He joins Kemira from the position of Senior Vice President, Supply
Chain and Sourcing, Fazer. Prior to that, he has worked in several positions in
Nokia (1999-2012) and ABB (1992-1997)."Kemira is targeting EUR 2.7 billion revenue with 15% EBITDA margin in 2017. In
this new role, Esa-Matti will be leading Kemira's business process development
with an aim to improve the way of working and the efficiency and agility of our
end to end processes. He will be heading Kemira's global supply chain
management, sourcing, product stewardship and regulatory affairs functions, as
well as the Gdansk business service center. I am excited about the wealth of
experience and drive Esa-Matti will bring to our team and I expect a strong
contribution from him as we plan to take our operational capabilities to an even
higher level to deliver our 2017 targets", said President and CEO Jari Rosendal.

For more information, please contact

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

Tero Huovinen, VP, Investor Relations
Tel. +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 2014, Kemira had
annual revenue of EUR 2.1 billion and around 4,250 employees. Kemira shares are
listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.
www.kemira.com


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