Change in Stora Enso’s Group Leadership Team Hel

Helsinki, Finland, 2014-09-19 07:31 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 19 September 2014 at 08.31 EET

Juha Vanhainen, Executive Vice President, Energy, Logistics, Business Information Services and Wood Supply Operations in Finland and Sweden, will leave his position at Stora Enso as of 15 March 2015. He will take up the position of CEO with the Finnish food company Apetit  Plc.

“Juha’s long experience in forest industry has been a valuable asset for Stora Enso. I want to thank him for his contribution and wish him all the best in his future career ,” says Stora Enso’s CEO Karl-Henrik Sundström.

For further information, please contact:
Juha Vanhainen, EVP, Energy, Logistics, Business Information Services and Wood Supply Operations in Finland and Sweden, tel. +358 2046 21343

Ulrika Lilja, EVP, Global Communications, tel. +46 72 2219 228

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Stora Enso is the global rethinker of the paper, biomaterials, wood products and packaging industry. We always rethink the old and expand to the new to offer our customers innovative solutions based on renewable materials. Stora Enso employs some 29 000 people worldwide, and our sales in 2013 amounted to EUR 10.6 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the USA as ADRs (SEOAY) in the International OTCQX over-the-counter market.

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