VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS LEENA KAHILA-BERGH TO LEAVE FISKARS
Fiskars Corp Stock Exchange Release, September 16 2008 at 1.30 p.m.
VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS LEENA KAHILA-BERGH TO LEAVE FISKARS
The Fiskars Corporation and its Vice President, Corporate Communications Leena
Kahila-Bergh have agreed that she will leave the company by the end of October.
'Leena Kahila-Bergh has made a long carrier at Fiskars and done an excellent job
of developing its corporate communications. On behalf of the entire Corporation,
I thank Leena for her contribution and wish her the best of success in the
future,' says Fiskars CEO Kari Kauniskangas.
Corporate Communications at Fiskars will be handled by Ms. Nora Malin, Fiskars
Communications Manager. Corporate Communications will report to the Chief
Strategy Officer, Mr. Max Alfthan, who will join Fiskars at the beginning of
November.
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. Its 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 the
Americas, EMEA, Wärtsilä, and Other. Fiskars shares are 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