Esa Kaikkonen appointed Metsä Group’s Executive Vice President, Strategy
Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 8 December 2016 at 9.30 EET
LL.M. Esa Kaikkonen has been appointed Metsä Group’s Executive Vice President, Strategy as of March 1, 2017. Kaikkonen continues also in his current role as Executive Vice President, Metsä Wood. He is a member of Metsä Group’s Executive Management Team and reports to President and CEO Kari Jordan.
Before his position as Executive Vice President, Metsä Wood, Kaikkonen worked as Metsä Group’s General Counsel during 2003–2012.
Metsä Group’s Executive Vice President, Strategy since 2006 Hannu Anttila, will retire on May 1, 2017.
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Juha Laine, Senior Vice President, Communications, Metsä Group, tel. +358 10 465 4541
Metsä Group is a forerunner in bioeconomy utilising renewable wood from sustainably managed northern forests. Metsä Group focuses on wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, fresh forest fibre paperboards and tissue and cooking papers.
Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 5.0 billion in 2015, and it employs approximately 9,600 people. The Group operates in some 30 countries. Metsäliitto Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group and is owned by approximately 116,000 Finnish forest owners.
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