Botnia appointed Ari Harmaala as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Jun 10, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Ari Harmaala has been appointed Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing and member of Botnia's management group as of 1 September 2011. His previous position was President of Metso Paper China. He succeeds Jyrki Yrjö-Koskinen, who continues as Senior Adviser until his retirement end of 2011. Ari Harmaala and Jyrki Yrjö-Koskinen both report to Ilkka Hämälä, CEO, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. Mikael Lagerblom has been appointed Vice President, General Manager of Botnia Pulps GmbH as of 1 September 2011. He is based in Wiesbaden, Germany, and reports to the SVP, Sales and Marketing. Mikael Lagerblom succeeds Eero Mäntylä, who continues in special tasks of sales management until his retirement in spring 2012. Harri Vertanen has been appointed Vice President, Sales and China Chief Representative as of 1 June 2011. He is based in Shanghai and reports to the SVP, Sales and Marketing. Bertrand Lamarque has been appointed Sales Director to Botnia Pulps GmbH in Wiesbaden as of 1 July 2011. He reports to the VP, General Manager of Botnia Pulps GmbH.