Appointments in Metsä Group's management

Metsä Group press release 27 October 2021 at 1.00 pm

Juha Jumppanen has been appointed EVP, Metsä Forest as of November 1, 2021. Metsä Forest is responsible for Metsä Group’s wood sourcing and forest services. Jumppanen has worked at Metsä Forest in various positions related to wood sourcing and forest services since 2000. He will move to his new role from the position of SVP, Finnish Wood Trade and Forest Services.

Jaakko Anttila has been appointed EVP, Metsä Wood as of January 1, 2022. Metsä Wood is responsible for Metsä Group's wood products business. Anttila has worked in Metsä Group's pulp and sawn timber business, Metsä Fibre, in various management positions since 2011. He will move to his new role from the position of Metsä Fibre's SVP, Pulp Production.

In their new positions, Jumppanen and Anttila report to Metsäliitto Cooperative's COO Juha Mäntylä.

Tomi Salo has been appointed Metsä Group's SVP, Corporate Affairs as of November 1, 2021. He has worked at Metsä Forest since 2019. He will move to his new role from the position of SVP, International Wood Sourcing. He reports to Ilkka Hämälä, Metsä Group’s President and CEO.

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For further information, please contact:
Juha Laine, Senior Vice President, Communications, Metsä Group, tel. +358 10 465 4541
 

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Metsä Group is leading the way in advancing the bioeconomy. We invest in growth, bioproduct development and a fossil free future. The raw material for our products is renewable wood from sustainably managed northern forests. We focus on the growth sectors of the forest industry: wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, fresh fibre paperboards, as well as tissue and greaseproof papers.

Metsä Group’s annual sales amount to approximately EUR 5.5 billion, and we have around 9,200 employees in 30 countries. Our international Group has its roots in the Finnish forests: our parent company is Metsäliitto Cooperative which is owned by 100,000 forest owners. 

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