Jun 17, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. The Board of Directors of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF) appointed Jouni Punnonen as Director of the Energy and Infrastructure division. The appointment takes effect on 8 August 2011, as the FFIF said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. “Jouni Punnonen is very experienced in the handling of energy- and climate-related affairs and associated lobbying. He is knowledgeable in the effective wielding of influence in related matters on both the national and the EU level,” says Timo Jaatinen, Director General of the FFIF. “Finland and the EU must implement energy and climate policy in a way that strengthens the forest industry’s competitiveness. Finland must lower its energy taxes, for example, to match the level prevailing in our competitor countries. This should be done without delay,” Jouni Punnonen says. The present Energy and Infrastructure Director of the FFIF, Stefan Sundman, has been appointed UPM-Kymmene’s Vice President, Corporate Relations and Development for Energy and Forest Businesses, as of 1 September 2011.