Stora Enso Oyj - Company Announcement

Stora Enso rethinks Group Executive Team

Helsinki, Finland, 2012-03-19 11:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 19 March 2012 at 12.00 EET 

Stora Enso is appointing three new members to its Group Executive Team. At the
same time three current members will leave the team to take new positions
inside and outside the Company. 

Karl-Henrik Sundström has been appointed Chief Financial Officer with effect
from 1 August 2012. He joins Stora Enso from the Dutch semiconductor company
NXP, the former Philips semiconductors business located in Eindhoven.
Karl-Henrik Sundström has spent most of his career with the Swedish
telecommunications company Ericsson, building his career from Latin America and
managing the company's business in Australia to finally first becoming head of
Global Services and later Executive Vice President and CFO of Ericsson AB. 

“In his last two roles, as CFO of one of Sweden's largest companies for almost
five years, and currently as CFO of NXP, Karl-Henrik Sundström has proved to be
a world-class CFO. His additional experience of running a business will greatly
contribute to our efforts to renew Stora Enso. We all warmly welcome
Karl-Henrik to our team with high expectations,” says Stora Enso CEO Jouko
Karvinen. 

Head of Stora Enso Global Identity Lauri Peltola, and General Counsel Per
Lyrvall are also appointed as new members of the Group Executive Team as of
today. 

“With Lauri Peltola joining the Group Executive Team, we underline the
importance of our Global Stora Enso Identity, Global Responsibility and Rethink
in the Executive Team work. With Per Lyrvall's appointment, we further
emphasise the importance of our values, our transparency and our Code of
Conduct, as well as one of our key Leadership Themes, ‘Do what's right',”
emphasises Jouko Karvinen. 

The new Group Executive Team is as follows:
Jouko Karvinen, Chief Executive Officer
Juan Bueno, Executive Vice President, Biomaterials Business Area
Lars Häggström, Executive Vice President, Global People and Organisation
Hannu Kasurinen, Executive Vice President, Building and Living Business Area
Per Lyrvall, Executive Vice President, Global Ethics and Compliance, General
Counsel 
Mats Nordlander, Executive Vice President, Renewable Packaging Business Area
Lauri Peltola, Executive Vice President, Global Identity
Karl-Henrik Sundström, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (as of
1 August 2012) 
Juha Vanhainen, Executive Vice President, Printing and Reading Business Area

The following three members are leaving the Group Executive Team: Hannu
Alalauri, formerly head of the Fine Paper Business Area, has been appointed as
the head of the Packaging Solutions Business Unit and joins the Renewable
Packaging Management Team. Bernd Rettig, currently responsible for energy,
logistics, R&D and capital investments, will continue with R&D and capital
investments, but will also increase his focus on managing Stora Enso's large
capital investment projects. He continues to report to the CEO. The current
CFO, Markus Rauramo, has been appointed as CFO of Fortum Corporation. He will
remain with Stora Enso and in the Group Executive Team until Karl-Henrik
Sundström joins the company. 

Photos of Karl-Henrik Sundström, Lauri Peltola and Per Lyrvall are available at
http://bmt.storaenso.com/storaensolink.jsp?imageid=0319 
Please copy the link into your web browser.

For further information, please contact:
Jouko Karvinen, CEO, tel. +358 2046 21410
Lauri Peltola, Head of Global Identity, tel. +358 2046 21380

www.storaenso.com
www.storaenso.com/investors

Stora Enso is the global rethinker of the biomaterials, paper, packaging and
wood products industry.We always rethink the old and expand to the new to offer
our customers innovative solutions based on renewable materials. Stora Enso
employs some 30 000 people worldwide, and our sales in 2011 amounted to EUR
11.0 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (STEAV,
STERV) and Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the
USA as ADRs (SEOAY) in the International OTCQX over-the-counter market. 

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