At their meeting on 13 December 2000 The Supervisory Board of Kemira Oyj appointed the Board of the company for the new term of office from 1 January 2001 on. Ritva Hainari, M.Sc. (Econ.&Eng.), from the Ministry of Trade and Industry was appointed as new member in place of Timo Kaisanlahti.
The Chairman of the Board will be Sten-Olof Hansén, D.Sc. (Econ.), Professor of international marketing, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. The Vice Chairman of the Board will be Niilo Pellonmaa, M.Sc. (Econ.), member of the Board of Jaakko Pöyry Group Oyj and Finvest Oyj.
The other members of the Board will be:
Eija Malmivirta, M.Sc.(Eng.)
Chairman of the Board, Merei Energy Oy Ltd;
Anssi Soila, M.Sc.(Eng.& Econ.)
Chairman of the Board, Sponda Oyj;
and Tauno Pihlava, M.Sc.(Eng.), CEO, Kemira Oyj.