{"id":18069,"date":"2025-06-16T12:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=18069"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:37:06","slug":"metsa-group-to-renew-the-structure-and-composition-of-its-executive-management-team-as-of-1-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/metsa-group-to-renew-the-structure-and-composition-of-its-executive-management-team-as-of-1-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets\u00e4 Group to renew the structure and composition of its Executive Management Team as of 1 July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As of 1 July 2025, Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s Executive Management Team will consist of the heads of each of the five business areas, the Group EVP, CFO, the EVP, Human Resources, and the EVP, Legal and Compliance. New roles in the Executive Management Team include those of the Group\u2019s Chief Operating Officer (COO), EVP, Strategy and Investments, and EVP, Stakeholder Engagement. As previously announced, Jussi Vanhanen<\/strong> will assume his post as President and CEO on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaakko Anttila <\/strong>has been appointed Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s COO. He has worked at Mets\u00e4 Group since 2011, most recently as EVP, Mets\u00e4 Wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilhelm Wolff<\/strong> has been appointed EVP, Strategy and Investments. Wolff will transfer to Mets\u00e4 Group from Huhtam\u00e4ki, where he served as EVP, Strategy and Business Development. He has previously held various positions in strategy and business development at Neste, UPM-Kymmene and Rautaruukki. Wolff will start in his new position on 4 August 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomi Salo<\/strong> has been appointed EVP, Stakeholder Engagement. He has worked at Mets\u00e4 Group since 2019, most recently as SVP, Corporate Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other members of the Executive Management Team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miika Arola<\/strong>, EVP, Legal and Compliance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pertti Hietaniemi<\/strong>, EVP, Human Resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juha Jumppanen<\/strong>, EVP, Mets\u00e4 Forest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esa Kaikkonen<\/strong>, CEO, Mets\u00e4 Board<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ismo Nousiainen<\/strong>, CEO, Mets\u00e4 Fibre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sari Pajari-Sederholm<\/strong>, CEO, Mets\u00e4 Tissue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vesa-Pekka Takala<\/strong>, Group EVP, CFO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juha Pilli-Sihvola<\/strong> will serve as EVP, Mets\u00e4 Wood (interim) and a member of Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s Executive Management Team until the appointment of a new EVP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The members of the Executive Management Team will report to Jussi Vanhanen, President and CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanhanen, Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s incoming President and CEO: \u201cIn line with our new organisation structure, we will form a harmonised and efficient Executive Management Team for Mets\u00e4 Group, which will be responsible for the Group\u2019s comprehensive management. We need to improve our short-term performance and ensure our continued ability to create added value from northern wood in the long term, in line with our mission. I wish all members of the Executive Management Team success in their new positions and look forward to inspiring, effective and productive cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As of 1 July 2025, Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s Executive Management Team will consist of the heads of each of the five business areas, the Group EVP, CFO, the EVP, Human Resources, and the EVP, Legal and Compliance. New roles in the Executive Management Team include those of the Group\u2019s Chief Operating Officer (COO), EVP, Strategy and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[187],"class_list":{"0":"post-18069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corrugated-folding-carton","8":"tag-metsa-group"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18071,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18069\/revisions\/18071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}