Munksjö Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Munksjö: Gustav Adlercreutz, General Counsel, will retire in February 2017 and will be succeeded by Andreas Elving

Helsinki, Finland, 2016-07-14 13:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
MUNKSJÖ OYJ, STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 14 July 2016 at 13:00 p.m. CEST

Munksjö: Gustav Adlercreutz, General Counsel, will retire in February 2017 and
will be succeeded by Andreas Elving 

Gustav Adlercreutz, General Counsel, who has been employed by Munksjö and its
predecessors since 1984, has decided to retire in late February 2017. 

Andreas Elving succeeds Gustav Adlercreutz and will be employed no later than
22 December 2016, but will formally take over the position of General Counsel
on 1 February 2017. Andreas Elving will report to Jan Åström, President and
CEO, and will become a member of Munksjö’s Management Team. 

Andreas Elving joins Munksjö from Autoliv where he currently holds the position
as Associate General Counsel. He holds a Master of Laws degree from Uppsala
University and has completed a clerkship at the District Court of Stockholm. He
has many years of broad and international experience from the law firm
Mannheimer Swartling, including being stationed in Shanghai for a period of
four years. 

“I would like to thank Gustav Adlercreutz for his strong and longstanding
contribution to creating value in what is today the Munksjö Group. At the same
time, I would like to warmly welcome Andreas Elving to Munksjö. Andreas
possesses broad and solid experience and will be an excellent successor to
Gustav,” says Jan Åström, President and CEO. 

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