Jaakko Nikkilä appointed Executive Vice President, UPM Specialty Papers

UPM-Kymmene Corporation      Changes board/management/auditors         27 June 2019 at 16:15 EET Jaakko Nikkilä appointed Executive Vice President, UPM Specialty Papers Jaakko Nikkilähas been appointed Executive Vice President responsible for UPM Specialty Papers business area as of 1 July 2019...

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UPM-Kymmene Corporation      Changes board/management/auditors         27 June 2019 at 16:15 EET

has been appointed Executive Vice President responsible for UPM Specialty Papers business area as of 1 July 2019. He will be based in Helsinki reporting to , President and CEO.

Jaakko Nikkilä is currently Senior Vice President for UPM Specialty Papers European and North American business unit. He has been in his current role since 2018. Before that he was responsible for UPM Specialty Papers sales in APAC region, based in Shanghai for five years. He joined UPM in 1995.

Jaakko holds a Master's degree in Engineering and Industrial management from Helsinki University of Technology and eMBA from Aalto University. He is 52 years old and a Finnish citizen.

"Jaakko has a broad understanding of the entire value chain in the specialty paper business. He has exceptionally strong experience in doing business in Asia. I know him as a team player and a person who delivers. UPM Specialty Papers is in an interesting phase with growth investments in Germany, China and Finland proceeding well. I am confident that Jaakko's active input will bring this growth step to a successful conclusion," says Pesonen.

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