TEEMU KANGAS-KÄRKI APPOINTED CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR FISKARS CORPORATION
Fiskars Corporation Stock Exchange Release
April 25, 2008 at 2.10 p.m.
TEEMU KANGAS-KÄRKI APPOINTED CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR FISKARS CORPORATION
Mr. Teemu Kangas-Kärki M.Sc. (Econ) has been appointed Chief Financial Officer
(CFO) for Fiskars Corporation. He will report to the President and CEO Kari
Kauniskangas and will be a member of the Corporate Management Team.
Kangas-Kärki is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Alma Media Oyj, a
Finnish media corporation. He will assume his duties at Fiskars Corporation not
later than October 2008.
Kari Kauniskangas
President and CEO
Founded in 1649, Fiskars is a leading supplier of branded consumer goods.
Fiskars business areas are: Garden, Homeware, Craft, Outdoor Recreation, Inha
Works, and the Real Estate Group. Major international brands are Fiskars,
Iittala, Gerber, Silva, and Buster. The associated company Wärtsilä Corporation
is also an important part of the Corporation. Fiskars business segments are
Americas, EMEA, Wärtsilä, and Other. Fiskars' share is quoted on OMX Nordic
Exchange Helsinki.
In 2007, the Fiskars Corporation net sales were EUR 658 million, the operating
profit EUR 110 million and the Corporation employed some 4,500 people.
www.fiskars.fi