Mikko Helander appointed Metsä Tissue's president and CEO from 1 August 2003

MIKKO HELANDER APPOINTED METSÄ TISSUE'S PRESIDENT AND CEO FROM 1 AUGUST 2003 The Board of Directors of Metsä Tissue Corporation has appointed Mikko Helander (42) as the company's President and CEO with effect from 1 August 2003. Mr Helander is currently President of Metso Paper's Valmet Converting Group based at Bedford in the UK. In recent years Mikko Helander has held positions in international management, principally with Metso Corporation, where he began his career in 1984. Metsä Tissue is a vigorously developing European consumer goods company whose tissue products and baking and cooking papers are used by both households and large-scale consumers. Metsä Tissue's main market is Europe north of the Alps, where the company is the fourth biggest supplier of tissue and the market leader in baking and cooking papers. In the Nordic countries, Metsä Tissue is the market leader in tissue products. In 2002, the company had a turnover of EUR 648 million and employed 3,300 people. Metsä Tissue is part of M-real Corporation and the Metsäliitto Group. For more information: Jouko M. Jaakkola, President and CEO, M-real Corporation tel. +358 10 469 4118 Hannu Anttila, President and CEO, Metsä Tissue Corporation tel. +358 10 469 4959 Mikko Helander, President and CEO, Metsä Tissue Corporation from 1 August 2003, tel. +44 1234 852 553 Attachment Curriculum vitae MIKKO HELANDER Date of birth 2 June 1960 Marital status Married, two daughters Education M.Sc. (Engineering/Business Economy) Lappeenranta University of Technology, 1985 Career Metsä Tissue Corp. President and CEO, as of 1 August 2003 Metso Corp. President Valmet Converting Group, Bedford, UK 1 January 1999 - 31 July 2003 Valmet Group Vice President, Chief Executive Calenders, Valmet Corporation 1997-1999 Vice President, Operations Valmet Rotomec S.p.A, Italy 1994-1996 Vice President, Projects Coaters and Calenders Valmet Paper Machinery Inc. 1993-1994 Kasten-Hovik Group Technical Director of the Group (part of Cultor Group) Managing Director, Kasten Hovik Oy 1990-1993 Valmet Oy Various positions 1984-1990 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/06/20030206BIT00070/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/06/20030206BIT00070/wkr0002.pdf