Inside information: President & CEO Jari Rosendal will leave his position – Kemira Board initiates the search for his successor

Kemira Oyj, INSIDE INFORMATION, July 18, 2023 at 8.00 am (EEST)

Inside Information: President & CEO Jari Rosendal will leave his position – Kemira Board initiates the search for his successor

Kemira’s Board of Directors and President & CEO Jari Rosendal have agreed that Jari Rosendal will leave his position as the President & CEO latest during 2024. Kemira’s Board has decided to initiate the search for his successor.

Jari Rosendal has been Kemira’s President & CEO since 2014. He is currently on sick leave.

”The succession planning for the CEO role is a continuous and long term process which the Board has done together in good collaboration with the current President & CEO Jari Rosendal. His sick leave has had no impact in the process. Jari has done a remarkable job in strengthening Kemira’s business fundamentals and profitability. The objective is now to find the best possible successor who will lead the next phase of Kemira’s sustainable profitable growth and transformation”, says Matti Kähkönen, the Chair of Kemira’s Board of Directors.

For more information, please contact:

Matti Kähkönen, Chair of the Board, Kemira Oyj
(contacts: Terhi Kivinen, Chief Communications Officer, Kemira Oyj
Tel. +358 40 848 4001, terhi.kivinen@kemira.com)

Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries. We provide the best-suited products and services to improve our customers’ product quality, process, and resource efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, water treatment, and energy sectors. In 2022, Kemira had annual revenue of around EUR 3.6 billion and around 5,000 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. www.kemira.com