Kemira appoints Tuula Paajanen as Director, Corpor

Kemira Oyj Press Release April 21, 2017 at 1.00 apm (CET+1)

Kemira appoints Tuula Paajanen as Director, Corporate Responsibility

Tuula Paajanen (Master of Science, Chem.Eng) has been appointed Director, Corporate Responsibility at Kemira starting in May, 2017. She has previously been working in Kemira's corporate responsibility team and held various leadership positions during her 15 years successful career in the company. "Tuula has played a significant role in building and continuously improving our sustainability performance, monitoring and reporting. I am confident that going forward, Tuula will continue to bring new valuable insights into this work and improve Kemira's corporate responsibility performance further" says Tero Huovinen , SVP, Communications. "Sustainability is an integral part of Kemira's strategy and business model for growth and value creation. Our commitment for sustainable products and solutions stands for improved resource and process efficiency for our customers and safe use of our products throughout their lifecycle. We take responsibility on the impacts of our business activities in all areas of our operations including manufacturing and supply chain. Our stakeholders expect high sustainability performance from us which drives our efforts to continuously improve our business processes to meet these growing expectations," says Jari Rosendal , Kemira's President and CEO. For more information, please contact Kemira Oyj Tero Huovinen, SVP, Communications Tel. +358 10 862 1980

Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive industries. We provide expertise, application know-how and chemicals that improve our customers' product quality, process and resource efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, oil & gas, mining and water treatment. In 2016, Kemira had annual revenue of around EUR 2.4 billion and 4,800 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. www.kemira.com