Stora Enso reorganises its functions
STORA ENSO OYJ Press Release 2.2.2006
Stora Enso reorganises its functions
Stora Enso has revised its organisation and manning following
the retirement of Yngve Stade, Senior Executive Vice President,
Corporate Support and Country Manager Sweden, and the
resignation of Arno Pelkonen, Senior Executive Vice President,
Corporate Strategy and Emerging Markets.
The following changes have taken effect from 1 February 2006.
Finance and Strategy
Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Intelligence,
Investments and Corporate Affairs will be merged with Finance,
Accounting, Legal and IR. The new staff function, Finance and
Strategy, will be headed by Hannu Ryöppönen, CFO.
Latin America
The Latin America division, headed by Nils Grafström, Executive
Vice President, Latin America, will report to Jukka Härmälä,
CEO.
The following changes will take effect from 1 April 2006.
Corporate Technology and Asia Pacific
A new staff function, Corporate Technology and Asia Pacific,
will be formed. It will be responsible for Energy Services,
Corporate R&D, the Pulp Competence Centre, Asia Pacific and
Russia. It will be headed by Markku Pentikäinen, currently
Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific, and he will report to
Jukka Härmälä, CEO.
Corporate Services
Corporate Services will include Corporate IT, HR, Business
Excellence and Procurement and it will be headed by Christer
Ågren, currently Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate IT,
HR and Business Excellence. As already announced, Christer Ågren
has been appointed Country Manager Sweden with effect from the
same date.
Forest Products
Environment services will start reporting to Elisabet Salander
Björklund, Senior Executive Vice President, Stora Enso Forest
Products.
For further information, please contact:
Christer Ågren, SEVP, Corporate IT, HR and Business Excellence,
tel. +44 7909 686868
Hannu Ryöppönen, CFO, tel. +44 20 7016 3114
Elisabet Salander Björklund, SEVP, Stora Enso Forest Products,
tel. +46 1046 82751
Kari Vainio, EVP, Corporate Communications, tel. +44 20 7016
3140
Keith Russell, SVP, Investor Relations, tel. +44 7775 788 659
www.storaenso.com
www.storaenso.com/investors
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STORA ENSO OYJ
p.p. Jussi Siitonen Jukka Marttila