ESPOO, Finland, Feb. 6, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Board of Directors of Metsa Tissue Corporation has appointed Mikko Helander (42) as the company's President and CEO with effect from August 1, 2003. Mr. Helander is currently President of Metso Paper's Valmet Converting Group based at Bedford in the U.K.
In recent years Mikko Helander has held positions in international management, principally with Metso Corporation, where he began his career in 1984.
Metsa 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. Metsa 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, Metsa Tissue is the market leader in tissue products. In 2002, the company had a turnover of EUR 648 million and employed 3,300 people. Metsa Tissue is part of M-real Corporation and the Metsaliitto Group.
For more information:
Jouko M. Jaakkola, President and CEO
M-real Corporation
tel. +358 10 469 4118
Hannu Anttila, President and CEO
Metsa Tissue Corporation
tel. +358 10 469 4959
Mikko Helander, President and CEO
Metsa Tissue Corporation (From August 1, 2003)
tel. +44 1234 852 553
Curriculum vitae
MIKKO HELANDER
Date of birth June 2, 1960
Marital status Married, two daughters
Education M.Sc. (Engineering/Business Economy)
Lappeenranta University of
Technology, 1985
Career
Metsa Tissue Corp. President and CEO, as of 1
August 2003
Metso Corp. President
Valmet Converting Group,
Bedford, U.K.
January 1, 1999 - July 31, 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
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