Metsäliitto-konserni (HEL:MEL1V) Appointments In Metsäliitto Group Executive Management

Metsäliitto-konserni (HEL:MEL1V) Metsäliitto Group Stock Exchange release 17.9.2008

Martin Lillandt (62), Senior Executive Vice President, Metsäliitto Cooperative, will retire on 30 November 2008.

Ole Salvén, Group Executive Vice President, Wood Products Industry, will start his new position as Deputy to the CEO of Metsäliitto Cooperative from 1 December 2008.

Juha Mäntylä, Forest Director, Metsäliitto Group, has been appointed Group Executive Vice President, Metsäliitto Wood Supply, from 1 December 2008. He will also become a member of the Group's Board of Directors.

Further information: Anne-Mari Achrén, Group CCO, tel. +358 10 465 4541

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