Outotec appoints Kirsi Nuotto to Executive Board

OUTOTEC OYJ  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  NOVEMBER 21, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Outotec appoints Kirsi Nuotto to Executive Board

Outotec has appointed Ms. Kirsi Nuotto, M.A., as new Senior Vice President - Human Capital and member of the Executive Board as of January 9, 2013. Kirsi Nuotto, 53, is joining Outotec from Cargotec Corporation where she has held the position of Executive Vice President, Human Resources.  Prior to that she has held several executive positions in human resources and communications in Cargotec and GlaxoSmithKline as well as worked in various training and education roles in Datex Ohmeda - Instrumentarium Corporation.

Outotec's current SVP - Human Capital, Mr. Ari Jokilaakso, Ph.D. (Tech.), will take up a new position in Outotec as Head of Research and Technology Development in the Non-ferrous Solutions business area.

"I warmly welcome Kirsi Nuotto to Outotec. With her wide human resources experience in globally operating companies she will bring us the expertise needed in our growing business", says Pertti Korhonen, President and CEO of Outotec. "At the same time, I want to thank Ari Jokilaakso for his valuable input for developing Outotec's Human Capital function over the past ten years. His move to another field within Outotec serves as an excellent example of horizontal job rotation which is the focus of our people strategy. I am convinced that he can make a great contribution to our technology development."

For further information please contact:

OUTOTEC
Pertti Korhonen, CEO
Tel. +358 20 529 211

Minna Aila, SVP, Communications and Corporate Responsibility
Tel. +358 20 529 2455, mobile +358 40 5131470

Emails: firstname.lastname@outotec.com

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