To accelerate the implementation of the cost savings and profitability improvement program recently announced by Metsä Board, and to enhance customer-centricity, changes to the company’s corporate management team have now been decided. As a result, the composition and number of members of the company’s Board of Directors will also change.
As of 1 August 2025, the Metsä Board Corporate Management Team now consists of:
- Esa Kaikkonen, CEO
- Minna Björkman, SVP, Containerboard (from 5 January 2026)
- Erja Hyrsky, SVP, Commercial Operations
- Jussi Noponen, SVP, Production and Supply Chain
- Laura Remes, SVP, Business Transformation (no later than 6 October 2025)
- Henri Sederholm, CFO
- Camilla Wikström, SVP, HR
As part of the upcoming changes, Markku Leskelä and Harri Pihlajaniemi will step down from the company’s Corporate Management Team.
“Customer- and market-driven growth requires strong, new kinds of expertise. The changes announced today support this development. We need a clear and transformative approach to respond to the challenges of the operating environment and targeted actions that require fresh thinking, efficiency, and agility,” said Esa Kaikkonen, CEO.
