Olvi Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

KATI KOKKONEN APPOINTED CFO OF OLVI PLC

Kati Kokkonen (44), M.Sc. (Econ.) has been appointed new Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) and member of the Management Group of Olvi plc 

Iisalmi, 2015-01-12 08:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OLVI PLC         STOCK
EXCHANGE RELEASE 12 JAN 2015 at 9:00 am 



KATI KOKKONEN APPOINTED CFO OF OLVI PLC



Kati Kokkonen (44), M.Sc. (Econ.) has been appointed new Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) and member of the Management Group of Olvi plc. 

Kati Kokkonen, who previously served Olvi plc as Business Controller, started
in her new task on 1 January 2015. Kokkonen reports to Lasse Aho, Managing
Director of Olvi plc. 

Kati Kokkonen has extensive experience in demanding management and expert tasks
within the economics and financial field. Kokkonen transferred to the position
of Business Controller at Olvi on 7 January 2014 from Management Consultant
duties at Deloitte Oy. Kokkonen has previously worked as Financial Director at
Enfo Oyj and CFO at Karelia Upofloor Ltd. Furthermore, she has served
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Oy and Rautaruukki Corporation as an IFRS expert. 

 - We are happy to have very strong expertise in Olvi's financial management.
We wish Kati Kokkonen the best success in her new duties as CFO, says Lasse
Aho, Managing Director of Olvi plc. 

Olvi plc's long-term CFO Tuija Karppanen retired at the end of 2014 after a
total of 22 years' service with Olvi Group. 



- I wish to thank Tuija Karppanen for her commitment and effort towards Olvi
plc's growth and development over the years, and I wish her the best of luck
for a new stage in life, says Aho. 





More information:



Lasse Aho
Managing Director
Olvi plc
Telephone +358 400 203 600



Distribution:



NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd

Key media

www.olvi.fi

Attachments:

Olve022015.pdf