Martti Asunta continues as Chairman of Metsäliitto Cooperative Board of Directors

Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 12 January 2016 at 1.30 pm EET


The Board of Directors of Metsä Group’s parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative elected in its constituent meeting Martti Asunta, M.Sc. (Forestry), to continue as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2005 and Chairman since 2008. Metsä Group’s President and CEO Kari Jordan acts as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors.

The compositions of Board of Directors’ committees are the following:

• Audit Committee: Mikael Silvennoinen, Arto Hiltunen and Martti Asunta
• Compensation Committee: Arto Hiltunen, Martti Asunta and Antti Tukeva

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For further information, please contact:
Miika Arola, General Counsel, Metsä Group, tel. +358 10 465 4205


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Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products’ main raw material is renewable wood from sustainably managed northern forests. Metsä Group focuses on tissue and cooking papers, fresh forest fibre paperboards, pulp, wood products, and wood supply and forest services. Its high-quality products combine renewable raw materials, customer-orientation, sustainable development and innovation. Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 5 billion in 2014, and it employs approximately 9,800 people. The Group operates in some 30 countries. Metsäliitto Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group, and it is owned by approximately 120,000 Finnish forest owners.