Powerflute Oyj appoints Maria Teresa Aliu Presas as a Non-Executive Director of the Company following the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held in Kuopio, Finland. Mrs Presas is currently Director of General of CEPI, the Confederation of European Paper Industries, a position she has held for 10 years and from which she will retire on 31 May 2014.

Packaging

Powerflute appoints Maria Teresa Aliu Presas as Non-Executive Director

May 09, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Powerflute Oyj appoints Maria Teresa Aliu Presas as a Non-Executive Director of the Company following the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held in Kuopio, Finland, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Mrs Presas is currently Director of General of CEPI, the Confederation of European Paper Industries, a position she has held for 10 years and from which she will retire on 31 May 2014.

Mrs Presas has over thirty years of experience within the paper industry and prior to joining CEPI in 2003 held a number of positions within the Tetra Pak organisation, including most recently Director of Corporate Environmental Affairs for Tetra Pak International.

Commenting on the appointment Dermot Smurfit, Chairman of Powerflute said: "We are delighted to announce the appointment of Teresa Presas as a Non-executive Director of Powerflute and we are confident that her background, experience and knowedge of the paper industry will enable her to make an immediate and valuable contribution to the Board."

Powerflute Oyj is a packaging group with established position in Nordic semi- chemical fluting. The Group has one principal trading subsidiary Savon Sellu Oy.