Markku Leskelä has been appointed SVP, Development at Metsä Board and a member of the Corporate Management Team responsible for research, product development, sustainability and business development.

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Metsä Board appoints Markku Leskelä as SVP, Development

Metsä Board appoints Markku Leskelä  as SVP, Development

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Metsä Board announces changes in its corporate management team. Markku Leskelä has been appointed SVP, Development at Metsä Board and a member of the Corporate Management Team responsible for research, product development, sustainability and business development. He has worked at Metsä Board as VP, Research and Development since 2016.

Ari Kiviranta, a member of the company's Corporate Management Team, has been appointed SVP, Technology with responsibility for developing the company's industrial structure, especially at the Husum mill in Sweden, as well as strategic investment projects and technology. His previous position was SVP, Development.

The changes will be effective as of 1 October, 2021.

Metsä Board is a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards. Metsä Board is a part of Metsä Group.